Letters to the editor: Readers question Trump's Russian diesel deal and US sanctions policy This week letters are coming from readers questioning the Trump administration's decision to purchase Russian diesel amid rising prices in the United States. An American reader claims the deal benefits Russian President Vladimir Putin at the expense of Ukraine, a researcher questions whether a proposed US sanctions bill will put significant pressure on Moscow, and a British reader raises concerns about Washington's turn to Russian oil. Have an opinion on something you read in the Kyiv Independent? Send it to letters - your letter may appear in our letters section. Photo: JC. Hong / AP.

Letters to the editor: Readers question Trump's Russian diesel deal and US sanctions policy This week letters are coming from readers questioning the Trump administration's decision to purchase Russian diesel amid rising prices in the United States. An American reader claims the deal benefits Russian President Vladimir Putin at the expense of Ukraine, a researcher questions whether a proposed US sanctions bill will put significant pressure on Moscow, and a British reader raises concerns about Washington's turn to Russian oil. Have an opinion on something you read in the Kyiv Independent? Send it to letters - your letter may appear in our letters section. Photo: JC. Hong / AP.