What’s behind Trump’s Ukraine-Russia power ceasefire declare?
US President Donald Trump has stated Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a right away “power ceasefire”.
Moscow is but to touch upon the announcement and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky advised US media it was “information to me”.
Trump additionally not too long ago introduced a US deal to import Russian diesel, in an try and carry the gas worth down forward of the midterm elections.
The worth of diesel within the US has been excessive for the reason that begin of the struggle with Iran and the efficient closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The BBC’s Joe Inwood examines Trump’s announcement and what may imply for the president forward of the midterm election.
