Transcript of Zelensky Defies Trump as Ukraine Escalates Strikes on Russian Refineries New

The refineries will burn. We will not stop. That was the message from President Zelensky of Ukraine and his team last night following Donald Trump's announcement of the diesel deal with Putin, whereby the Trump regime said it would be importing diesel from Russia this month and over the coming months. The Kremlin issued the following readout. During the phone call, neither Putin nor Trump wanted to hang up first. Now, Zelensky called out Donald Trump last night for being weak. Donald Trump was called out by Zelensky for using the Ukrainian negotiating team that showed up in Miami as a smokescreen for deceit so that Donald Trump could tap them along while doing this deal with Putin. And then the Trump regime leaked to Barak Ravid at Axios that Zelensky is misreading the room. By continuing to hit refineries, he is eroding the goodwill that he has built with Trump for the last 6 months. You're saying that he built goodwill with Trump for the past 6 months? It seems like for the past 6 months, Donald Trump was tapping Zelensky along, saying that the United States would give Zelensky Patriot interceptors or interceptor licenses Only for Donald Trump to pull the rug right as we got to the autumn and then the winter offensive that Putin is planning.

Now, Zelensky is actually striking back, not just with words, but we saw last night the Novoshchastynsk oil terminal in Russia's Rostov region burning down following a Ukrainian drone attack. Now, this facility handles the storage and export of refined petroleum with a stated annual capacity of 3.5 million tons. And that came right after Donald Trump and his regime were bragging about the oil deal or the diesel deal with Russia. And when Trump was in Syracuse, New York, he was saying, oh, what a deal. We're going to get all this diesel from Russia. Let me show you what it looked like as the large fire broke out. You can see for yourself. Rostov at the moment. Play this clip.

More from Rostov right here after the Ukrainian drone strikes. You can see this for yourself. Now, you can also see over here Russian air defenses intercepting a Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drone over here near the Moscow region. Show you this so you can see it. And then this footage was made available early yesterday, right before Donald Trump made the announcement with Putin, of a man narrowly escaping a Russian drone strike on the grounds of a kindergarten in Ukraine's Kyiv region yesterday. Play this clip. And then this is what it looked like last night in Kyiv. So you can see for yourself, let's play it. Now, folks, in the past 48 hours, there were about 80 Ukrainian civilians who were killed by Russian strikes. And that's right around the time that Donald Trump announced this deal. Now, we went into some of the terms of the deal, like with every Trump deal, it's usually fake. And so as you go and look at the specifics of what Donald Trump was actually saying, it turns out that it ain't actually all that much diesel. So Trump wrote, I've just concluded a highly successful discussion with Putin of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 tons of diesel fuel to the American and global marketplace, another 500,000 tons during the month of November, and 1 million tons immediately thereafter.

And if you just go through These numbers, what it really means is 2.2 million barrels for the entire world market, um, in October. Um, and then about 3.7 million barrels in November, assuming that, uh, Russia even has surplus diesel, which a lot of people don't even think they have this capacity given the, uh, Ukrainian strikes. And this won't even make a dent in terms of the kind of worldwide capacity that's needed in terms of diesel. Diesel usage. I mean, you're talking about a few hours of diesel right there for Donald Trump to basically say to any remaining ally, F you, basically. Right? I mean, just think about it. The Trump regime used as a pretext for tariffing India that India was buying Russian oil. And that's why he said tariffs on India. Then the Trump regime threatened any other ally, if you do any deals with Russia, if you import any Russian oil, we're going to tariff you 100%. 100%. That was Donald Trump's threats to Europe, Donald Trump's threats to the world. Donald Trump gave a speech to the United Nations in 2025 where Donald Trump mocked NATO allies for funding the war against themselves with Russian energy purchases.

Hungary, Slovakia, France, Belgium, and Spain remain Europe's top importers of Russia's energy product. But when you actually broke it down, that's the state regime media headline. It was really at that time Hungary and Slovakia When Orbán was leading Hungary and in Slovakia where they had a more Russian-aligned leadership, uh, over there. And now Trump does this. Now here's what Donald Trump said when he was speaking in Syracuse. You can hear what he had to say for yourself.

Prices right now, we want— we're getting them so much oil. And by the way, today Russia agreed to send us millions and millions of barrels of Oil, and it's diesel. That's what we really need. So thank you.

And then there's also the question about— well, I'll give you the answer to the question. The question, was this even legal? Does Donald Trump have the authority to make a deal like this and then post it via social media? He absolutely does not. Um, there is the Russian oil— the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act, which became law in 2022, specifically prohibits the importation of Russian energy products into the United States. The president can lift the ban on Russian oil imports only if Russia, one, has reached an agreement to withdraw its forces and cease military hostilities in Ukraine, 2, poses no immediate military threat to any NATO member. Which of these conditions has Russia met, Mr. President? This one individual asks. Now, Zelensky has said, look, we are willing to stop striking Russian refineries, but we will not do it on a unilateral basis. If Putin agrees to stop striking Ukrainian power infrastructure and Ukrainian infrastructure, we'll stop striking refineries. And then the Trump regime said, absolutely not. You need to unilaterally agree to stop striking the Russian refineries without any commitments by Russia. Zelensky would not do that. According to Barak Revid over at Axios, the Trump regime kept on pressing Zelensky for that.

That was one of the reasons that Witkoff and Kushner were in Kyiv to basically basically make that threat. So Witkoff and Kushner were in Kyiv to make the threat to Zelensky, you need to unilaterally stop striking the Russian refineries, while they were in Russia trying to cut deals to import Russian diesel and also to acquire Russian foreign assets in Lukoil, the Russian oil company, with MAGA billionaires and royal families in Abu Dhabi who are close with Kushner and Witkoff. And then they also wanted to talk about Nord Stream pipeline deals that the Trump regime can get there, or Donald Trump could get his hands on some of that money right there. Now, there was this meeting taking place in Miami, and that's why Zelensky said, you use this meeting as a smokescreen, where Zelensky's, uh, some of Zelensky's top people were in Miami meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, and they were given no notice that Donald Trump was going to post that. All they were told is there may be some announcement about sanctions. So Ukraine thought, well, are you going to impose the Lindsey Graham Sanctions Act on Russia? Because there was a bipartisan delegation in Ukraine yesterday.

You had, led by Senator Wicker, a MAGA Republican senator. He was there with Zelensky talking about implementation of the Lindsey Graham Sanctions Act, which is still, I guess, discretionary, which never should have been written this way with respect to what Donald Trump can do to take care that laws be faithfully executed. Then Donald Trump makes that announcement blindsides the Ukrainian delegation there, blindsides the American, uh, bipartisan delegation that was in Ukraine. And then the Zelensky delegation in Miami is like, we're out. There was supposed to be a second day of meetings today in Miami. They left. They're not going to be meeting, of course, with the Trump regime officials who they believe was— were setting them up. And then Witkoff— I mean, Witkoff is just a big scumbag. And you look at— I mean, we know that, but you think about how all these scumbag oligarchs made all their money. It's by behaving the way we see right here. Imagine if this is the way they're behaving at this level. Imagine how they can— imagine how these vile freaking scumbags, right, these real pieces of you-know-what, how they dealt with people on real estate deals and just day-to-day business, right?

These are real garbage, worst character human beings. And this is how they've amassed all this wealth and have screwed you and so many people other. It's so damn true. So screwed so many others. This is what Witkoff posts. He has the audacity to post this after everything we've just talked about. Today, representatives from the United States, the E3, the European Commission, Ukraine, and NATO met in Miami and held constructive discussions on potential avenues to deescalate and conclude the war with Russia ahead of winter and advance efforts toward a durable and lasting peace, right? Like, F you, you piece of garbage. The discussion covered a broad range of issues, including near-term measures related to winter preparedness, energy resilience, grains exports, security guarantees, as well as longer-term arrangements for Ukraine and Europe's security to prevent future conflicts and support Ukraine's post-war reconstruction. and economic prosperity, including EU ascension. The exchange was productive and helped identify areas for further exploration ahead of the United States' next engagement with Russia. Participants reaffirmed their shared commitment to continuing diplomatic efforts toward a sustainable peace that strengthens security and creates opportunities for lasting stability and prosperity. That's what he posted yesterday, late afternoon.

early evening after everything went down. How utterly phony and pathetic are these people? It's, it's really just, uh, it's wild. Now, Zelensky is preparing now a massive, massive offensive. Things are going to escalate and they're going to escalate fast. Zelensky's saying, we're not stopping. Refineries are burning down. We see the game even more clearly now. And by the way, Russia though has its Geran-4s and Geran-5s and Iskander cruise cruise and ballistic missiles and North Korea, and they're gonna rain those down on Ukraine. And we're seeing, again, massive escalation. Now, this is what's being reported. Ukraine will escalate drone and cruise missile strikes on Russia's energy and oil infrastructure throughout the autumn and winter, with Ukrainian military sources saying, sources saying the Trump administration's attempt to use Russia's diesel to lower US prices before the midterm Will bear no fruit. The US lifted sanctions, as you know, on Russian diesel yesterday, authorizing the imports through April 2027 after Trump announced Russia would supply a total of 4.8 million tons of diesel if it all goes through in the different trench tranches that were discussed. Russia's refineries, or the supply of those strikes, would be aimed at, at more than 51% of Russia's Total oil refining capacity is already offline.

So most people believe that Russia doesn't even have the surplus diesel to even export. 51% of it's offline. Even if they did it, even if it was the maximum amount of envisioned diesel through April 2027, it will be enough for less than half a day's worth of diesel. That's all we're talking about. And for what?

For what?

For the Trump regime to finally basically give the coup de grâce to any alliance, to any semblance of, you know, to fully basically say the US under the Trump regime is allied with Putin and nobody else. That's the message that was sent. And for very actually little diesel, um, as well. So we're going to keep you posted every step of the way here. Zelensky's not backing down. Um, and, and Putin's gonna continue and this thing's gonna escalate. Remember, by the way, in 2024, remember when Donald Trump said, uh, I'd be able to resolve this war in 24 hours? He said, he said, I got magic words. Remember he said that? I've got the magic words and I will tell this to Zelensky and I will tell it to Putin and I could resolve this right away.

Really?

Well, here we are in late October, mid-October, October 10th, late 2026, and your strategy was what? Your strategy was to just import Russian oil? That, that's it? I'll show you what some of the people commented to me on, uh, on, on some of my videos. So Trump causes diesel prices to skyrocket by attacking Iran. And attempts to fix the crisis he created by buying diesel from Russia while the entire free world boycotts Russia for invading Ukraine based on Trump telling them to boycott Russia while Russia provides Iran with weapons and technology to strike the United States. What the F is wrong with the USA? How could anyone support this insanity? Someone else says, nothing says energy independence like buying Russian diesel. WTF is the name of the book. WTF America. It's me and my brothers. We dedicated it to you. The first page, the first page of the book says, for the Midas Mighty and everyone else who wakes up, checks the news, and can't help stop thinking WTF. I can't help thinking, WTF. Thanks for watching.

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