President Donald Trump called for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war after repeated Ukrainian attacks damaged Russian refineries, disrupted fuel production and added pressure to an increasingly strained global diesel market.
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President Donald Trump called Monday for the Russia-Ukraine war to end, pointing to extensive damage to Russian oil-refining infrastructure as Ukrainian forces continue a long-range campaign against facilities that produce fuel and generate export revenue for Moscow.
Trump said Russia had “lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry” after repeated attacks forced multiple refineries offline, linking the damage to the economic consequences of a conflict that has continued for more than four years. Ukrainian strikes have significantly reduced operations across Russia’s refining sector and contributed to domestic fuel shortages and export restrictions.
“A large number of their Diesel refineries have been blown up and are, at least temporarily, out of commission. This ridiculous and never ending War with Ukraine must be ended. The whole World suffers as 25,000 people, mostly soldiers, are being killed each month. What a shame!” Trump said Monday.
His remarks followed an extraordinary Ukrainian assault on Russia over the weekend that included more than 1,000 drones across the country, with hundreds directed toward Moscow. The operation also involved domestically developed Ukrainian missiles, including Flamingo and Pelican systems, according to Ukrainian officials.
The large-scale attack on Russia damaged an oil refinery in Moscow and residential property in the surrounding region. Russian authorities initially reported at least two deaths before regional officials said a third person later died from injuries.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described the assault on the capital as unprecedented. Russian authorities said more than 1,600 drones had been intercepted beginning Saturday, including approximately 450 headed toward Moscow. Some nevertheless reached their targets, including the Moscow Oil Refinery.
The scale of the operation was also addressed publicly by Ukrainian leadership, as Kyiv continued a strategy designed to reach energy and logistics infrastructure far beyond the battlefield.
Ukraine has increasingly concentrated its long-range weapons on Russian refineries, pipelines, storage facilities and shipping terminals. Kyiv describes the campaign as a way to restrict fuel available to Russian forces, reduce the revenue Moscow receives from energy exports and increase the domestic economic cost of continuing the war.
Ukrainian officials have described those operations as “long-range sanctions,” effectively using drones and missiles to accomplish through physical disruption what economic sanctions seek to accomplish through financial restrictions.
The campaign has reached facilities thousands of kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory.
In July, Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s largest refinery at Omsk in Siberia, approximately 2,700 kilometers from Ukrainian-held territory. The Gazprom Neft facility processes roughly 23 million metric tons of crude annually and is one of the country’s most important sources of gasoline and other refined fuels.
The frequency of attacks has also accelerated. The International Energy Agency found that during the first eight months of 2026, a Russian refinery was successfully struck on average once every three days. By September, six of Russia’s leading diesel-producing refineries had either reduced production substantially or stopped operating, facilities responsible for roughly half of the country’s diesel output.
Refineries have not been the only targets. Ukrainian operations have struck oil pipelines, storage sites, pumping stations, export terminals and other energy infrastructure used to move Russian fuel domestically and abroad.
The accumulated damage has forced Moscow to restrict exports as it attempts to protect domestic supplies. Russia has imposed limits on gasoline and diesel exports while fuel shortages and lines at filling stations have been reported across parts of the country.
The effects extend beyond Russia because the country has historically been one of the world’s largest exporters of diesel.
Before the latest disruptions, Russia was the second-largest exporter of diesel by sea after the United States, shipping more than 800,000 barrels per day and accounting for roughly 12% of global seaborne diesel exports. The combination of refinery damage and Russian export restrictions has removed a substantial amount of fuel from international markets.
Trump sought last week to halt attacks on energy infrastructure.
On Sept. 14, he announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop striking each other’s energy facilities. Ukraine subsequently said it wanted additional details before stopping its operations, while Moscow had not publicly confirmed Trump’s announcement at that point. Strikes by both countries continued afterward.
The continued attacks have complicated an already severe international fuel shortage.
Russian supplies are only one part of the problem. Fighting in the Middle East has damaged refineries and disrupted transportation routes that normally carry large quantities of oil and refined fuels to global markets.
The Gulf and Russia together accounted for nearly 45% of global seaborne diesel trade before the two conflicts intensified. By August, their combined net diesel exports had fallen by approximately 1.6 million barrels per day compared with February.
Saudi Arabia has faced separate disruptions involving its energy network. Attacks affecting the kingdom’s East-West Pipeline and facilities connected to the Red Sea export system have forced changes in crude shipments and contributed to volatility in global energy markets.
Those pressures have increasingly reached American motorists and businesses.
The national average retail price for diesel reached approximately $6.51 per gallon Sunday, according to AAA data cited by OilPrice.com. The reported $6.5050 average represented a record and was nearly $1 higher than the $5.5477 national average recorded one month earlier.
Diesel prices carry effects beyond what drivers pay at fuel stations because the fuel powers much of the transportation and industrial economy, including trucks, trains, ships, agricultural machinery, construction equipment and mining operations.
Trump’s latest statement therefore comes as the military and economic dimensions of the war increasingly intersect.
Ukraine’s strikes have damaged a growing share of Russia’s refining system and reduced Moscow’s ability to supply fuel domestically and internationally. At the same time, disruptions in the Middle East have restricted other major sources of refined products, leaving the global diesel market with fewer alternatives.
Trump pointed to those broader consequences Monday in renewing his demand for an end to the conflict, arguing that the continuing loss of life and damage to energy infrastructure are imposing costs far beyond Russia and Ukraine.
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