"Zelensky is using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target, knowing that these attacks are seriously hurting the world diesel markets, including those in the United States," Trump said in his post, despite evidence that the war in Iran is the primary driver of the price surge.

Zelensky said on Oct. 18 that Russia had attacked Ukrainian energy and oil and gas facilities 76 times since Trump announced an energy ceasefire on Oct. 11, leaving tens of thousands of families without electricity.