UK Rejects Trump’s Russia Diesel Deal as Streeting Warns of 2030 NATO Attack Risk
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 11
UK Rejects Trump’s Russia Diesel Deal as Streeting Warns of 2030 NATO Attack Risk
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 11
Summary
Wes Streeting said Britain does not support Donald Trump’s proposed deal to buy millions of tonnes of Russian diesel, arguing allies should tighten pressure on Moscow rather than fund it.
Trump has pitched the purchase as a way to cut US fuel prices after the US-Israel conflict with Iran pushed them higher, but Volodymyr Zelensky said it would help Russia buy more military equipment.
Streeting also pushed back after Trump said Ukraine should “get a new leader,” saying Ukrainians must choose their own president and praising Zelensky’s courage and integrity.
Andrew Griffith, the Conservative shadow chancellor, likewise called Trump wrong on Zelensky and said the diesel deal sends “all the wrong messages” if the goal is a peaceful world.
Streeting tied the dispute to a wider security push, saying the UK must plan for a possible Russian attack on NATO by 2030 and that next year’s Spending Review will map a path to 3.5% of national income for defence by 2035.