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Trump declines to apply "Graham law" sanctions; Zelensky calls it a "sanctions blackout", bill to block the diesel deal introduced in Congress

Place: Washington, KyivRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary

Russia : coveredUkraine : coveredIndependent : covered
discrepancy: wording

Where the versions diverge

The White House and Russian sources present dropping the sanctions as a step towards peace; Kyiv and independent sources as easing pressure on Russia just as its strikes intensify.

What Russia reports

automatic summary RIA Novosti, citing Axios, quotes White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers as saying that applying the sanctions provisions now would hinder US efforts to reach a peace agreement, but that the president reserves the right to use his powers. According to the agency, Trump dropped tariffs of up to 500% on direct imports from Russia and up to 100% on goods from the largest buyers of Russian energy. TASS quotes Trump: "that's a war that has to stop".

“Применение санкционных положений сейчас будет препятствовать текущим усилиям США по заключению прочного и всеобъемлющего мирного соглашения”

“That's a war that has to stop.”

What Ukraine reports

automatic summary Zelensky called the decision a "sanctions blackout": at the moment of a massive strike on energy, the US decided to ignore the law entirely, though he believes it can still put pressure on Russia. Democrat Gregory Meeks introduced a bipartisan bill in the House to block the deal on buying Russian diesel and to bar the DFC from investing in Russian energy.

“Водночас він вважає, що цей закон все ще може чинити тиск на РФ.”

“Він має заблокувати домовленість Трампа з Путіним про закупівлю та імпорт російського дизелю.”

Suspilne, original: Ukrainian

What independent sources report

automatic summary Kyiv Independent and the Guardian quote Zelensky as saying Putin "feels joy" at such support and that the decision is a "reward" to the Kremlin; the NGO Urgewald, according to Kyiv Independent, has counted 134 vessels involved in the Russian gas trade since 2022. The Moscow Times writes that the order exempts Russia from tariffs and sanctions for buying its oil and gas days before they were to take effect and remains in force until the White House decides otherwise; Democrat Don Beyer called it Trump's latest surrender to Putin. France 24 quotes Zelensky as saying the lifting of sanctions will continue and the "diesel deal" is just the first step.

“On the contrary, he feels joy that he has such support”

“The NGO Urgewald has identified what it says are all the 134 vessels involved in Russian gas trade since 2022”

“latest surrender to Putin again betrays our Ukrainian partners”

“Unfortunately, the lifting of sanctions will continue.”

France 24, original: English

Confirmation

Confirmation: confirmed by independent sources

The event is reported by international or exile independent outlets and no contradictions in the facts between the groups were detected. This does not mean the independent outlets verified every detail.

Articles: 15, sources: 11, groups: 3. Automatic assessment from formal features (coverage, number of sources, conflicting figures, quote and relevance checks) — not an assessment of truth. How this is computed

Automatic summary, may contain errors. Short summaries are written by a language model with no human review; titles, summaries and the “Where the versions diverge” block in English are an automatic translation of the Russian originals. Quotes are verbatim (checked by code), in their original language, with a link. The “Where the versions diverge” block only records differences in wording and figures and does not say who is right. Publication times are shown in Europe/Berlin time. Report an error in this card

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