The Prime Minister spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine today.
From:
Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Published: 10 October 2026
The Prime Minister spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine today.
The Prime Minister began by recognising the last 24 hours had been difficult for Ukraine and reiterated his complete solidarity.
The two leaders next discussed the importance of maintaining pressure on Russia: the Prime Minister made it clear that the UK would continue to strengthen its sanctions on Russia and to take further action to constrain the Russian war machine, building on new UK designations against Russian targets announced this week.
They underlined that Russia should agree to an immediate energy ceasefire, ending its brutal strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and its attacks on shipping in the Black Sea. This would immediately release more energy and food supplies into the global market.
The two leaders agreed to meet in person in the coming days to continue their discussion.
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Andy’s local paper :
Andy Burnham to meet Ukraine President over Russia’s Diesel Deal with Trump
By Nigel Barlow
October 10, 2026
Andy Burnham has spoken to Volodymyr Zelensky following the announcement last night that America will buy Russian diesel
They will meet in the coming days to discuss next steps following the news that Russia is to release 300 000 tonnes of diesel immediately onto world markets with another 500 000 tonnes for November.
No10 says the PM recognised the last 24 hours had been ‘difficult’ for Ukraine and ‘reiterated his complete solidarity’
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, the US president thanked Putin for promising to supply massive quantities of diesel fuel.
“This oil deal with Russia is a big deal. These are massive amounts of oil coming into our country. And it’s diesel, which is exactly what we need. So, frankly, I want to thank President Putin,” Trump said.
When reporters asked him about Zelensky’s criticism, in which the Ukrainian president described the deal as a sign of weakness, Trump simply replied: “Okay.”
Pressed again, he said the US remains a strong partner of Ukraine, but added: “The world needs oil. This is diesel, which the world needs. So we’re very happy.”
Under the terms announced by Trump, Russia is expected to supply 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately, another 500,000 tonnes in November, and 4 million tonnes over the following months.
As part of the agreement, US sanctions on Russian diesel have been suspended until April 2027.
This afternoon Donald Trump lashed out at Zelensky again saying that Ukraine needs a new President
According to the US president, Zelensky could supposedly have ended the war “many, many times,” but chose not to.
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Trump says it’s “time for Ukraine to get new President” as Zelensky condemns diesel deal | BBC News
Donald Trump has said “it’s time for Ukraine to get a new President”, as he responded to Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism of a US deal with Russia to release large quantities of diesel fuel onto the global market.
The Ukrainian president warned that the deal would provide Moscow with money to continue its war against his nation, calling it a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday that Zelensky “wants to make problems for the world” by continuing to authorise attacks on Russian refineries. “He’d better damn well stop,” Trump said, before suggesting Ukraine should “get a new leader who can make a deal”.
Global fuel supplies, including diesel, have been severely limited by the war against Iran launched by the US and Israel, which led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil products usually flows.
Russia – a major producer – and Ukraine have recently intensified their strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure and transport facilities, further straining energy markets.
Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev described Trump’s intervention as “iconic and historic”, saying that Ukraine “needs leadership actually focused on peace”.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the deal by saying it would allow Moscow to raise new funds to source new military equipment to continue the war.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Joe Inwood and Dan Johnson.
Lev Parnas :
Trump Wants Zelensky Gone. My Sources Warn This Is Only the Beginning.
“For 18 months, I warned you about the delays, secret meetings, and promises of peace. Now Trump’s latest attack on Zelensky is bringing everything to a head.”
LEV PARNAS
“My friends,
When I heard Donald Trump’s comments today about Volodymyr Zelensky, I felt something I hadn’t felt in a long time.
It took me straight back to 2019.
Back to Rudy Giuliani. Back to Ukraine. Back to the conversations behind closed doors. Back to the pressure campaigns and the people around Donald Trump who believed they could use another country’s government to advance their political interests.
I remembered the things I witnessed firsthand. The things I eventually testified about. And the price I paid for coming forward.
And I started thinking about everything I have been telling you for the past year and a half.
Because today, Donald Trump publicly suggested that Ukraine needed a different president.
Not Vladimir Putin, the man who invaded Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the man leading his country through that invasion.
And after spending much of today speaking with sources and reviewing what has been happening, I realized just how closely these developments resemble the political pressure campaigns I witnessed years ago.
This is not the first time people around Donald Trump have tried to use Ukraine’s leadership as a political target.
And what I am hearing now has brought back some very disturbing memories.
While all of this is unfolding, Ukrainian families are burying their children. Parents are searching through destroyed homes. Entire communities are preparing for another winter under Russian bombardment.
People are fighting to survive, to keep their families together, and to protect what remains of their country.
And while they are doing that, Donald Trump is making energy arrangements with Vladimir Putin and criticizing Ukraine for attacking the refineries that help sustain Russia’s war economy.
For the past 18 months, I have been warning you that there was something deeply troubling about the direction of these negotiations.
And today, I believe we are beginning to see why.
Eighteen months of promises, deadlines, and delays
Remember when Donald Trump returned to the White House promising he could end the war almost immediately?
Then came February 2025.
The world watched Trump and JD Vance confront Zelensky inside the Oval Office. Shortly afterward, the United States suspended military assistance and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
I remember watching that confrontation and recognizing the political pressure.
But then the headlines changed.
Trump was suddenly talking about peace. Negotiations were supposedly making progress. Putin was reportedly interested in a deal.
And people began asking whether Trump was finally changing his position on Russia.
I kept warning you not to confuse announcements with results.
Then came the deadlines.
Two weeks.
Another two weeks.
Fifty days.
Then ten or twelve days.
Every time, we were told that Trump was getting tougher on Putin. Every time, another round of negotiations followed.
And the war continued.
Then came Alaska.
In August 2025, Trump welcomed Putin onto American soil with a red carpet, cameras, and the kind of ceremony normally reserved for an important diplomatic partner.
We were told it might lead to peace.
It didn’t.
Putin returned to Moscow, and Russian attacks continued.
Then came more meetings involving Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Russian officials. More proposals. More discussions about sanctions, territory, and security guarantees.
At different moments, Trump criticized Putin, expressed sympathy for Ukraine, and suggested he was ready to take a harder position against Moscow.
Each time, commentators treated it as another dramatic change.
But I kept telling you the same thing.
Watch what they do. Not what they say.
Because while the language changed, Russia continued its invasion.
And Ukraine continued facing pressure to make concessions.
Now, after 18 months, look where those negotiations have brought us.
Vladimir Putin celebrated his birthday on October 7.
Two days later, Trump announced an arrangement to release Russian diesel onto world markets, beginning with more than 300,000 tons, while easing restrictions affecting Russian fuel exports.
Zelensky described the announcement as a birthday present to Putin.
And I understood exactly why he said it.
For years, Western governments have tried to limit the revenue Russia receives from energy exports because that money helps finance its war.
Now Washington was making a new commercial arrangement involving Russian diesel.
And this was happening while Ukrainian negotiators were meeting Trump’s representatives in Miami to discuss ending the war.
According to my sources, the Ukrainian delegation was blindsided by the announcement.
Ukraine was sitting at the negotiating table discussing peace, while Trump was making an energy arrangement with the country invading it.
Zelensky called the decision unfair and dishonest.
And then the situation became even more troubling.
Ukraine had been striking Russian refineries, damaging infrastructure that supports Moscow’s economy and military operations.
Zelensky offered to stop those attacks if Russia stopped striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
But Trump wanted Ukraine to stop without requiring the same commitment from Russia.
And today, he publicly blamed Zelensky’s refinery strikes for worsening fuel prices and suggested that Ukraine needed new leadership.
That is when everything I remembered from 2019 came rushing back.
Because once again, Ukraine’s president was being portrayed as the obstacle.
Not the country that launched the invasion.
Not the man ordering the attacks.
The president of the country defending itself.
For 18 months, I have watched the promises, the delays, the changing headlines, and the negotiations that never seem to bring the Ukrainian people any closer to safety.
I have written to you about it. I have spoken about it during our livestreams. I have shared what I was hearing from sources.
And now, after speaking with people familiar with these developments, I am hearing something far more serious …….”
The rest is behind a paywall.
You have to pinch yourself to get out of the nightmare. The world’s most powerful man is operating under the instructions of a genocidal, child-murdering nazi. A Mussolini to putler’s Hitler.
I said in Krasnov’s first run that a vote for him is a vote for putler and in his third run a vote for genocide.
The reality has come out even worse.
Ukraine’s allies refuse to put troops on the ground or planes in Ukraine’s airspace, because they believe it will be unpopular with their voters.
Yet someone has to do something.
The trumputler axis of evil just consolidated and got stronger.
Aaron Rupar :
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
No sane person believes and/or pays attention to what this bag of dog shit has to say. Everyone knows that his sewer pipe of a mouth spews only shit. The entire planet knows by now that he is nothing but russia’s fat little lap dog.