TRUMP’S PROPOSED RUSSIAN DIESEL DEAL COULD INJECT AROUND $4 BILLION INTO RUSSIA’S ECONOMY, WHILE PRESSURE ON UKRAINE TO HALT REFINERY STRIKES COULD WEAKEN KYIV’S ECONOMIC LEVERAGE OVER MOSCOW. UKRAINIAN STRIKES HAVE CUT RUSSIAN GASOLINE OUTPUT BY 20% AND DIESEL PRODUCTION BY NEARLY 30% VERSUS 2025 LEVELS, WHILE OIL TAX REVENUE FELL ALMOST 17% YEAR OVER YEAR IN JANUARY–AUGUST.