The Wall Street Journal had reported that Ukraine had given in to pressure from the White House to stop bombing Russian energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian officials, however, told the Kyiv Independent newspaper that they never agreed to a demand from Jared Kushner, the US president’s son-in-law, to pause refinery strikes for 30 days. The raids on Russia restarted on Friday, Kremlin officials said, complaining that Kyiv was now “simply ignoring” US wishes.

Trump has blamed the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the rise in global fuel prices, and last month lifted US sanctions on Russian diesel.

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[–] 33 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Terrible journalist slop. Putting the blatant lies in the article, not refuting it with the facts that the fuel price increase is a direct consequence from the usa starting a war with Iran.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Weeeell they are reporting on the he said she said but without stating truthfulness. Technically accurate, practically useless for whoever doesn't have any context

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  • [–] -2 points 5 days ago

    There was literally no blatant lies... Where is the lie in this:

    Trump has blamed the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the rise in global fuel prices, and last month lifted US sanctions on Russian diesel.

    Trump did say that. This article isn't about fuel prices, so why expand on it.

    If you want an article about fuel prices, try one of these:


    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/trump-high-gas-prices-midterms-cycle

    Energy prices across the board are higher because of the US war on Iran, which closed the strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s crude oil flows.


    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/30/iran-war-energy-crisis-winter

    The war didn’t create America’s energy affordability crisis. But it is making a bad situation much worse.


    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/26/european-gas-prices-four-year-high-winter-supply-fears-middle-east

    The jump in gas prices comes as fears grow that there could be further supply disruptions in the Middle East, amid reports the US and Israel have drawn up plans for renewed strikes against Iran after the US midterm elections.


    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/23/oil-five-month-high-fears-us-renews-strikes-iran

    The jump came after Tehran said it would attack oil facilities, undersea cables, datacentres and AI facilities in the Gulf region if a new US-Israeli offensive was launched against Iran.

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