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Trump calls on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries

US president says the attacks and not his war in Iran are responsible for diesel hitting record highs

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Trump is blaming Ukrainian refinery strikes for diesel prices while presiding over a seven-month closure of the Strait of Hormuz that has cut world oil supply by 6%. Ukrainian attacks did not sink global output 5.7 million barrels per day — his Iran war did that.

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