# US resorts to ultimatum language with Kyiv, Russian lawmaker says

https://mins.news/en/item/96647

- TASS, 2026-10-12 14:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2201009

> Viktor Yemelyanenko, speaker of the Zaporozhye Region legislature, said Washington was intensifying pressure on Kyiv and openly threatening to halt intelligence sharing and freeze mechanisms for US weapons supplies unless Ukraine changed its leader. He also cited the unexpected extension of a sanctions waiver for Russian diesel imports until April 7, 2027, after the Putin-Trump call, and said Trump demands that Zelensky stop strikes on Russian energy facilities.

## Related coverage

- [Financial Times: U.S. threatened to cut weapons and intelligence to Ukraine unless it stopped strikes on Russian refineries](https://mins.news/en/item/96018) — Meduza, 2026-10-12
- [How will Ukraine respond to mounting pressure from Washington?](https://mins.news/en/video/95551) — Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-11
- [Zelensky condemns US-Russia diesel deal as Trump says Ukraine needs a new president](https://mins.news/en/item/95052) — BBC Chinese, 2026-10-11