Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

Ukraine’s long-range strikes have been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry for months, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter. Other Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian online retailers, bringing the war ever closer to the public.

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    11 hours ago

    I am on the phone with Ukraine right now telling them to strike much harder. Please take all our weapons and go get them!

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      I chipped in for a mobile battery station for their drones. It’s cool because you can buy stuff for the troops directly, they state their outfit and their need and you donate towards a goal and it can be like a battery supply, combat gloves, whatever.

      I can’t fight but at least maybe I can keep our boys’ trigger fingers warm.

      https://u24.gov.ua/

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        Gotta research a way to do this with decent OPSEC.

        Today’s “funding a free nation under assault” could quickly turn on a dime into “financial evidence of SpOnSoWiNg TeWwOwiSm”