The Miami session included officials from NATO, the European Commission, the E3, and Ukraine to discuss a unified proposal for security guarantees and winter energy resilience. Although U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff called the discussions constructive, the Kremlin stated that Vladimir Putin has postponed trilateral talks following Ukrainian military strikes on polling sites and officials during Russian parliamentary elections. Russia has previously demanded the removal of U.S. sanctions as a primary condition for any truce on energy infrastructure.
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Trump Imports Russian Diesel After Peace Talks End Early
Commodities11 days ago
A sudden trade arrangement will allow millions of tons of fuel from Moscow to enter American markets, with shipments beginning immediately at 300,000 tons. President Donald Trump announced the deal to supply the U.S. and global markets with a total of 4.8 million tons of diesel—including 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons thereafter—to lower costs for truckers and farmers. President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the separate agreement as "unfair" and "dishonest" as he learned that U.S.-led peace talks in Miami had concluded after only one day of the scheduled two.
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