Trump Says Ukraine, Russia Agree Not to Hit Energy Targets
President Donald Trump said Monday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to target each other's energy facilities. There was no immediate confirmation from Kyiv or Moscow. Trump also blamed the Russia-Ukraine war, not Iran, for rising world diesel prices.
Why it matters: This matters for the briefing's theme of energy and inflation, because the claimed agreement directly concerns infrastructure whose strikes are blamed for global diesel prices and American fuel costs.