Trump says Putin agreed to supply over 300,000 tons of diesel fuel immediately, with millions more tons to follow as prices soar past $6 a gallon.

Donald Trump has bypassed his country’s own sanctions to make a massive oil deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump announced the US would import a substantial quantity of diesel from Russia. President Donald Trump salutes during the singing of the national anthem at a Columbus Day celebration. AP Photo/Tom Brenner

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to release 300,000 tons of diesel immediately and millions more over the coming months.

DONALD Trump has announced a massive diesel deal with Vladimir Putin after the price of fuel spiked with the Iran war. The agreement has left Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky fuming that the

“Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilised world. Russia will ‘repay’ the diesel with further terror and perfidy,” the Ukrainian president said, adding that allowing Russia to sell petroleum products amounted to an investment in a war that should be ended rather than prolonged.

President Donald Trump was widely condemned Friday shortly after announcing he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to lower diesel prices in America. “I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin,

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump on Friday that Kyiv had undermined the possibility of an ​immediate resumption of trilateral Ukraine peace talks after it had hit ‌Moscow with drones during last month's election,

Oil prices edged higher as traders weighed President Trump’s pledge not to attack Iran before the U.S. midterm elections against persistent shipping risks in the Persian Gulf and extensive offshore production shut-ins in the Gulf of Mexico.