During his 2024 election campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump promised to end Russia’s war against Ukraine within 24 hours. After returning to the White House, he repeatedly said a peace deal was close.
Over the past year, Trump’s mediation has continued to follow a familiar cycle of declarations of progress, frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and renewed pressure on Ukraine to accept concessions.
In October 2025, Trump's administration sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil companies to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a ceasefire. A year later, Trump struck a diesel supply deal with Putin, easing sanctions on Russian fuel while demanding that Ukraine stop attacking Russian refineries.
On Oct. 10, Trump said Ukraine should get a “new president” and accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of wanting to “make problems for the world,” blaming Ukrainian refinery strikes for diesel shortages.
Zelensky has said Ukraine is ready to halt attacks on Russian energy infrastructure if Moscow stops striking Ukraine's energy system.
Russia is one of the world's largest oil refiners, boasting a wide network of refineries whose production helps fund Moscow's war machine in Ukraine.
Ukraine effectively has only one oil refinery, in Kremenchuk in central Poltava Oblast, which has faced heavy attacks since the start of Russia's all-out invasion.
While Ukrainian drones have been targeting Russian refineries throughout the war to undercut the Kremlin's wartime revenues, Moscow has been attacking the Ukrainian energy grid and other critical infrastructure sites, leading to large-scale outages of electricity, water, and heat.
Ukrainian officials warn that Russia is preparing another massive campaign against energy infrastructure this winter.
Video: Associated Press; C-SPAN; Getty Images
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