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Trump has been condemning Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, blaming them for driving up global diesel prices.
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This morning, the rift between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
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is growing. Trump is criticizing Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil facilities, while Zelensky is now
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warning that the U.S. could end up siding with Russia. Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia Sunday, setting an oil export terminal
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and depot in St. Petersburg on fire. Russian officials say one person was killed and five others were wounded
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Russia's defense ministry claims it shot down more than a thousand Ukrainian drones across
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multiple regions. Trump has been condemning Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, blaming them
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for driving up global diesel prices. And on Sunday, he accused Zelensky of not wanting to end the war, writing in a Truth
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Social post that he probably never did. Zelensky is now raising concerns about just how far Washington's support for Ukraine could erode
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Here's what he told NBC's Kristen Welker Sunday. I don want to leave an illusion but I think that we have to be pragmatic If the United States will take officially will take the side of Russia of course if these two countries will be together of course we will not prevail
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and we will not be able to stand. It's understandable. That's why we hope that
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president, his team will be on our side, minimum, in the middle
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Zelensky also says the U.S. temporarily restricted Ukraine's access to Star Shield
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the military satellite internet service used by its drones. He says the restrictions were deliberate and that intelligence sharing with the U.S. has since resumed
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio denies the U.S. ordered any interruption to the satellite service
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He says the administration's priority remains ending the war. It's very simple. Our goal there is to end this war. That's what we want to do
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We want the war to end. We see nothing good coming from this war and we see a lot of downside to it
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including the very real risk of escalation and the spread of this thing spreading into another country because of a failed sabotage attack
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because the drones that are hit with electronic warfare and they wander into a neighboring country We see that every night And the disagreement now extends to U sanctions on Russia Trump has already eased restrictions on Russian diesel exports And on Friday he waived a new round of sanctions that Congress passed just last month
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Zelensky says those decisions only help Putin continue the war. And the administration is defending its decision on lifting Russian sanctions
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even as it faces pushback from both Republicans and Democrats. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was
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asked about the sanctions waiver on ABC Sunday. He says the goal is to give Russia an incentive
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to end the war. This is a carrot to try to end a war. It's not an economic lifeline for Russia
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The only way Russia gets benefit from this move means they have to export diesel
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which means they have to either consume less diesel internally, reduce the war effort
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or have an ability to repair their refineries, which they only can get to through a peace
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agreement with Ukraine, an energy ceasefire or a step towards peace. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a back and forth over that same decision on NBC's
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Meet the Press He insisted Trump hasn lifted any existing sanctions against Russia even though he waived new ones There is a 60 period so we can examine what going on The only thing that has been lifted
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is the diesel embargo. And I will point out, the UK in May waived their embargo on diesel and jet
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fuel made with Russian crude. So where's the outrage for the rest of the world? But not everyone
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in the president's own party agrees with that approach. Senator Darlene Graham says she would
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keep the pressure on Russia because she doesn't trust Putin. Her late brother, Senator Lindsey
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Graham, wrote the sanctions law Trump just waived. Democratic Congressman Don Beyer calls the waiver
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Trump's latest surrender to Putin, saying it, quote, betrays our Ukrainian partners and defies
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clear congressional intent of legislation designed to punish Russia for its illegal war of aggression
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And Senator Elizabeth Warren accuses Trump of, quote, thumbing his nose at Congress's
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direction that he ratchet up pressure on Kremlin and enabling Vladimir Putin to continue his
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war of aggression
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