Trump hails Russia deal to release diesel as midterms loom

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:52 Issued on: 10/10/2026 - 11:12 US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had secured Russia's agreement for a major release of diesel, as he eased war sanctions on Moscow in a push to lower energy costs ahead of midterm elections. Keywords for this article Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Vladimir Putin Italy's biggest-ever wine heist 09/10/2026 Europe Navi Pillay awarded Peace Prize: 'Lifetime spent fighting for what's right & to uphold human rights' 09/10/2026 south africa Unweaving Jeffrey Epstein’s web: What the files have revealed 09/10/2026 Explainer Americas 2026 Nobel Peace Prize: Who is Navanethem “Navi” Pillay? 09/10/2026 Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space 09/10/2026 'Absolute torture': Female US inmate in critical condition after botched execution 09/10/2026 Russia says all clear after contact tracing in reported plague case 09/10/2026 Madrid mourns evicted...