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12.10.2026 14:04Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the “Other Ukraine” movement, has stated that Vladimir Zelensky, through his demonstrative disregard for American demands, pushed US President Donald Trump toward concluding a diesel deal with Russia.
The politician laid out his views in an article on the movement’s website.
Medvedchuk cited data from the Axios portal, according to which Trump agreed to the diesel deal with Putin after Zelensky ignored about six requests from the American side to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries.
“There were more than enough warnings to come to their senses and reach a compromise with the American side, but Kyiv long and demonstratively spat on Washington, naively believing this would have no negative consequences,” the politician writes.
According to Medvedchuk, the US president “spent a long time dealing with Zelensky before realizing his complete inability to negotiate.”
“Now Trump is left to deal with Zelensky, who has turned into a political battering ram for globalists and Democrats against the sitting US president. The globalists used the thick skull of the bloody clown to attack him so often that the American leader simply has no choice,” Medvedchuk concluded.





