Ukrainian MP calls U.S.-Russia diesel deal a 'betrayal'

NPR's Joel Rose speaks with Ukrainian Minister of Parliament, Oleksandr Merezhko, about the U.S.'s diesel deal with Russia will impact Ukraine. Transcript JOEL ROSE, HOST: President Trump and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine have had a stormy relationship, and this weekend, it's taken another chaotic turn. On Friday, Trump announced an agreement with Russia's President Putin to ease sanctions and reopen flows of diesel fuel. That did not go over well in Kyiv. Zelenskyy called Trump, quote, "weak," unquote. Trump responded yesterday saying Ukraine should get a new president.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, and for some reason, he never does.ROSE: Then today, Zelenskyy offered to hold new elections, but only if there is a ceasefire, as he told ABC's "This Week."(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THIS WEEK")PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: Please tell Putin, give us two months, 60 days off - total ceasefire, 60 days - and we will organize elections.ROSE: Shortly afterward, President Trump posted on Truth Social that both parties have agreed to an energy ceasefire. But Zelenskyy told med...