US-Russia ‘diesel deal’ could open door to wider sanctions relief, Zelensky warns as EU vows to keep supporting Ukraine

EUobserver · 16-10-2026, 15:23:27

Volodomyr Zelensky flew into Brussels warning that Washington’s surprise ‘diesel deal’ with Moscow risks becoming the thin end of a wider sanctions rollback - just as Ukraine faces a brutal winter, dwindling air defences and a fresh scramble in EU capitals over money, missiles and frozen Russian billions.