US responds to Ukraine criticism over Russia diesel deal, Starlink outage

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Oct 16, 2026
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To the war in Ukraine, with more disagreements between
the U.S. and Kyiv, Ukraine's president
has publicly criticized the White House on a Russian diesel deal
and a Starlink outage.
Fox News reporter Stephanie Bennett
explains how President Trump is responding.
There's a growing rift between Ukraine
and the U.S., and it's getting worse.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lashed out
at President Trump over America's
purchase of Russian diesel
and the interruption of critical Starlink internet service in Ukraine.
Zelensky's frustration was visible
as he accused President Trump of trying to play
both sides.
So many times from the president of the United States,
they have to stop killing.
Yes, Russia is killing us on our territory.
They came on our land.
Russia says the remarks along with President Trump's claim
that Zelensky is hard to deal
with are proof Ukraine isn't serious about making a peace deal.
The fact that this is such a direct
and indeed crude challenge to President Trump
is, in my view, something everybody already understands.
And with American support in question,
Ukraine is turning to Europe, which says it wants
to bring Washington back to the fight.
But some officials are calling the process, quote, difficult.
We are trying to convince
also our American partners that if we want to end this war,
then we have to squeeze the aggressor.
President Trump is defending the diesel deal
and says he'll keep pushing both Kiev and
Moscow to get back to the bargaining table.
They're hitting each other, but it'll all come to an end.
They both want it to come to an end.
They just don't know how to get there.
The Trump administration is pushing back on reports
that put limits on Ukraine's use of the Starlink system,
saying the order didn't come from the White House.
In London, Stephanie Bennett, Fox News.
