# ‘Will only lead to more slaughter’: Trump-Russia diesel deal sparks bipartisan backlash in US

https://mins.news/en/item/94815

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-10 20:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/will-only-lead-to-more-slaughter-bipartisan-backlash-erupts-in-us-over-trump-russia-diesel-deal/

> US lawmakers from both parties criticized Trump’s move to allow Russian diesel into American and global markets, warning it could weaken sanctions, generate billions of dollars for Moscow and run counter to Congress’s efforts to pressure Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Some questioned whether it would lower fuel prices or be legal.

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