British Secretary of Defense Wes Strittin said on the 11th that Britain does not support the US and Russian leaders reaching an agreement on Russia's supply of diesel to the US and global markets. In a program broadcast by the BBC on the same day, Strittin said that US President Trump's move was largely due to the midterm elections and was forced to ease the pressure on people's living costs to reach an agreement with Russia on diesel supply. The BBC reports that fuel prices in the US have risen since the US and Israel launched military attacks on Iran, and Russia is supplying diesel to the US with the aim of lowering domestic fuel prices in the US. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued an announcement on the 9th saying that sanctions against Russian diesel trade will be relaxed in the next few months to ease the tight supply of diesel in the US and calm oil prices. Trump announced on the same day that US and Russian leaders have reached an agreement on Russia's supply of diesel to the US and global markets. Ukrainian President Zelensky later said that allowing Russia to sell petroleum products “is just an investment war”. He expressed his disappointment and said he felt “betrayed.”

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