The U.S. Ambassador to NATO stated that Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries have put pressure on global diesel and oil prices.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026
Multiple sources report that Matthew Whitaker, the U.S.
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… That's what's happening right now. Let's play this clip of the NATO, um, U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Let's play it. Certainly taking capacity out of the global energy markets, like, is what happened as Ukrainians strike Russia. Yeah, has put pressure on, um, diesel and and and and oil generally. And I and i and that war needs to end, and President Trump is absolutely, absolutely right that the 30,000 people that are dying every single month or more on the battlefield needs to and it is it's really a war that is So you promised that you were going to …
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Supports. RBC-Ukraine quotes Whitaker's Fox News statement verbatim: 'taking capacity out of the global energy markets... has put pressure on diesel and oil generally,' linking it to Ukrainian strikes on Russia.[1]
Supports. Anton Gerashchenko's post, published the same day, quotes the same Whitaker statement, which corroborates the wording, though it likely traces back to the same Fox interview.[2]
Supports. A later European Pravda report on Whitaker's Fox News interview confirms he argued Ukraine's long-range strikes were a factor in the energy and diplomatic picture, consistent with the statement.[3]
Context. Analysts and Russian officials attribute the main driver of higher diesel prices to the US-Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz closure, not to Ukrainian refinery strikes, which disputes the causal weight of Whitaker's remark.[4][5][6]
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6 sources: 6 not rated
- 1US says Ukraine’s attacks on Russia behind downturn in energy ...newsukraine.rbc.ua · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Anton Gerashchenko on Xx.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3US ambassador to NATO believes Ukrainian strikes deep ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 13, 2026understandingwar.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5How are Ukraine strikes, Mideast war driving US fuel prices?france24.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6NATO allies fear Trump will delay Patriot missiles for ...euronews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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