Trump Told Zelenskyy to Stop 'Knocking Out Diesel Fuel in Russia.' Hours Earlier, a Russian Drone Hit a Ukrainian Train a Mile From the Polish Border.

President Trump on Sunday publicly told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop striking Russian refineries, saying the drone campaign that has crippled Russia's fuel supply is also driving up diesel prices around the world. He made the remarks to reporters at the Irish Open at his golf club in Doonbeg, Ireland, after being asked about his recent conversations with Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia," Trump said. "Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, because he's causing a shortage of diesel." He added: "Don't hit diesel fuel, because that's hurting the world."

The comments landed as U.S. diesel prices sit at record highs. The national average passed $6 a gallon on Friday, according to Fox News, pushed up by both the Ukrainian strikes and the reduced flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz since the war with Iran began. Trump has spent the past week promising voters that fuel prices will fall after the midterm elections, now a little more than 50 days away.

Ukraine has made Russia's oil and gas infrastructure a central target of its long-range drone program, arguing that the refineries both fund and fuel Moscow's war. The strikes have forced fuel rationing in parts of Russia and, in recent weeks, have expanded to other economic targets, including major retailers, bringing the war closer to ordinary Russians. Kyiv has not said whether it will change course, and Zelenskyy has repeatedly described the campaign as one of the few forms of leverage Ukraine holds.

The president's request came after another violent night on both sides of the front. Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks overnight. Two people were killed in Russia's Tatarstan region, Ukrainian officials reported Russian strikes on the Black Sea port of Odesa, and Russian drones hit near the Yahodyn border crossing with Poland in the Volyn region. One drone struck a passenger train locomotive roughly 1.2 miles from the Polish border, and another landed about half a mile from Polish territory, according to Ukrainian Railways. The crossing was temporarily closed. No one was hurt.

The train had passed through the area shortly after a delegation of Western figures, including former CIA Director David Petraeus and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had traveled the same route. All passengers were evacuated. Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, called the attack deliberate. "This is Putin's terror 'knocking' directly on the doors of the EU and NATO," he said. The border crossings with Poland carry much of the military and humanitarian aid that reaches Ukraine from its allies.

Russia has stepped up its air campaign in recent weeks, using ballistic missiles and drones against Ukraine's power grid ahead of winter. At the same time, the Kremlin has signaled it is open to another round of talks. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would consider restarting negotiations in October with Ukraine and the United States at the table. Trump's envoy Jared Kushner, who met Putin in Moscow and Zelenskyy in Kyiv earlier this month, said territorial disputes remain the main obstacle to any deal.