U.S. Says Deal Is Set for Diesel Shipments from Russia

“President Trump said Friday his administration reached an agreement for Russia to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel, marking a major policy shift that eases U.S. pressure on Moscow over events in Ukraine in hopes of lowering domestic fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections.

 

The move, which included suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports for six months, comes as Trump and fellow Republicans are struggling to address voter worries over diesel and gasoline prices.

 

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote Russia would immediately supply over 300,000 tons of diesel fuel into the U.S. and global markets, an additional 500,000 tons in November, and 1 million "immediately thereafter."

 

He said Russia would later deliver an additional 3 million tons of diesel "within a short period of time," based on the condition of its refineries. Some refineries are offline in the Middle East and Russia, and the world is short about 1.6 million barrels of diesel a day, the International Energy Agency said last month.

 

The new supplies, if they were all released simultaneously, would plug the gap for about three weeks.

 

Russia measures diesel quantities in tons; the volumes that Trump said it would provide over time amount to about 36 million barrels overall.

 

"Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

 

President Vladimir Putin of Russia echoed Trump's statement, saying Moscow "reaffirmed its readiness to supply oil and refined products to the American and global markets."

 

The move also drew concern and criticism on Capitol Hill.

 

"While I understand the desire to bring down diesel prices, I am concerned the lifting of sanctions on Russian oil will only fund the Kremlin," said Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas.).

 

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have sent diesel costs higher, with U.S. prices hitting an average of $6.28 a gallon as of Friday, up from $3.68 a year ago, according to AAA.

 

 While gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. war with Iran have hit voters nationwide, diesel prices have hurt farm states in particular, helping stoke Republicans' worries that they could lose both the House and Senate this fall.

 

Moscow suspended diesel exports this year following Ukraine's strikes against Russian refineries. The Russian domestic supply crunch was caused in part by dwindling supply while demand picked up during the country's wheat-harvesting season.

 

The White House has been seeking to jump-start peace talks with Russia and Ukraine, which have faltered. Washington's approach to those talks has centered heavily on business and potential energy deals between U.S. and Russian businesses.

 

In a statement published on social media after Trump's post, the Treasury Department said the Office of Foreign Assets Control, at Trump's direction, issued a temporary license to allow Russian diesel on the global market. In a filing, the office said select U.S. sanctions tied to the sale of Russian diesel would be waived until April.

 

Clayton Seigle, a nonresident scholar in energy security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the deal benefits Russia by allowing it to sell diesel its domestic market couldn't otherwise absorb in the winter months.

 

"With this arrangement Russia could export more than 100,000 barrels per day of diesel to world markets," he said.

 

Late last month, Russia extended its suspension of diesel exports until Oct. 31. Putin said this month that Russia had enough diesel reserves for itself. Irrespective of Moscow's own suspension measures, however, Putin said Russian diesel wouldn't likely reappear on global markets "because sanctions are in force regarding our oil and oil products."

 

Before Ukraine's campaign to strike Moscow's refineries, Russia produced between 85 million and 90 million tons of diesel a year, with domestic consumption reaching just less than two-thirds of that. Since then, six refineries that produce about half of Russia's diesel capacity were hit by Ukrainian strikes.

 

Some analysts are skeptical Russia can export this much diesel because of the poor state of the refineries and its own export restrictions. "It's unclear to me how much additional supplies the world is actually going to get," said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates in Houston.

 

U.S. and Ukrainian officials met on Friday in Miami. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who was joined by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, said the exchange was "productive and helped identify areas for further exploration" ahead of the U.S.'s next engagement with Russia.” [1]

 

 

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1. U.S. Says Deal Is Set For Diesel Shipments From Russia. Schwartz, Brian; Morenne, Benoit; Grove, Thomas.  Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 10 Oct 2026: A1.