Since Washington signalled energy-cooperation intentions with Moscow that sidelined Kyiv, US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy have repeatedly clashed. The dispute, which began over diesel cooperation, has broadened to Starlink bandwidth limits and intelligence-sharing—issues with direct implications for the Ukraine battlefield. On the 18th Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak, who oversees energy, reported new progress on shipments of Russian oil to the US; the presidents exchang

Since Washington signalled energy-cooperation intentions with Moscow that sidelined Kyiv, US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy have repeatedly clashed. The dispute, which began over diesel cooperation, has broadened to Starlink bandwidth limits and intelligence-sharing—issues with direct implications for the Ukraine battlefield. On the 18th Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak, who oversees energy, reported new progress on shipments of Russian oil to the US; the presidents exchanged public barbs that day and again on the 19th, when Zelenskiy pressed the Starlink issue and Trump said Ukraine should be represented in talks by someone other than Zelenskiy.