Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

Ukraine’s long-range strikes have been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry for months, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter. Other Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian online retailers, bringing the war ever closer to the public.

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[–] 104 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Lol the shortage is caused by starting a war with Iran

Hit Russia harder Ukraine, make sure that they remember this the next time they think of invading!

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  • [+] -16 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

    Well, actually, the diesel thing started with the Ukraine war because Russia is a massive diesel producer and the sanctions drove diesel prices up starting 3 years ago.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    To be fair, this graph doesn't really counter the above comment.. you'd need a graph from ~2020 (or before) to disprove their comment around prices rising 3 years ago.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Of course it doesn't, because they're being disengenuous; retail diesel was under $2 in 2021.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    2021 was also just pulling out of the pandemic that sent oil prices negative for a while because demand destruction was so radical. I don't think that's a fair comparison.

    Better look is here for complete data back to 1990... Diesel was pretty stable mostly through 2012 to 2020 at around $3/USD. It dropped during the pandemic, then spiked again after Russia's invasion. It was slowly returning to an average baseline before Trump stuck his dick in it though.

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