# UK seeks to defuse US-Ukraine tensions over Trump's Russian diesel deal

https://mins.news/en/video/95610

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-11 20:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Q53VaOnsE

> Britain is working to ease friction between Washington and Kyiv after US President Donald Trump announced a controversial purchase of Russian diesel and called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be replaced. Prime Minister Andy Burnham reiterated support for Ukraine, while the government criticised the US agreement with Moscow. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said London should bring its allies together despite their differences.

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