# How Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russia crippled the world’s second-largest diesel supplier

https://mins.news/en/item/109735

- CNBC, 2026-10-21 15:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/ukraine-russia-drone-diesel-refinery-trump-putin-zelenskyy.html

> President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for surging diesel prices, which are hurting Republicans’ election prospects with the midterms just two weeks away.

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