Trump's Russian diesel deal faces bipartisan pushback as analysts question whether easing sanctions on Vladimir Putin will lower prices or aid peace.

US President Donald Trump has waived a further slate of sanctions related to Russian fossil fuel sales, sparking a bipartisan backlash days before they were to take effect under a bill he signed into law last month.

The US president launches a new wave of blistering criticism at Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels.

The US President also denied responsibility for the disruption to Kyiv's access to the vital Starlink satellite communications system, leaving the country exposed to attack.

Mike Pence said the president’s decision to lift sanctions on Russia “is not in the national interests of the United States”.

If United States will support Putin, I mean, it’s unbelievable. It’s a tragedy." the Ukrainian leader said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Amid escalating tensions between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday dodged three times when asked whether Ukraine is an ally of the United States.

The worst crisis in US-Ukraine relations since last year’s Oval Office meltdown is deteriorating further over a dispute about who ordered a disruption to a critical Ukrainian military system running on Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service.