DEVELOPING: Trump WARNS Ukraine on diesel strikes

. THE MEETINGS WILL LAST UNTIL. WEDNESDAY. >> Ashley: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. CALLING ON UKRAINE TO CHANGE. TACTICS URGING PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY TO STOP TARGETING KEY. PIECE OF RUSSIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. LISTEN. >> President Trump: HE HAS TO. STOP KNOCKING OUT DIESEL FUEL IN. RUSSIA. LET THEM GO AFTER TARGETS, NOT. DIESEL FUEL, HE IS CAUSING A. SHORTAGE OF DIESEL. THIS IS NOT MIDDLE EAST, THIS IS.

RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, THERE ARE. OTHER TARGETS, DON'T HIT DIESEL. FUEL, THAT IS HURTING THE WORLD. >> Ashley: NATIONAL SECURITY. ANALYST AND INTERNATIONAL. RELATION EXPERT REBECCA GRAB. JOINS ME NOW. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON TO TALK. ABOUT THIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS ABOUT. DIESEL AND THE EFFECT ON THE. WORLD. WE ARE ALREADY FEELING PAIN AT. THE PUMP WHEN IT COMES TO. DIESEL, THAT WILL DRIVE THE. PRICE OF EVERYTHING ELSE UP.

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT US. LONG-TERM? >> WITH THE DIESEL, ASHLEY, TO. ME, THIS IS PRESIDENT TRUMP. POINTING OUT TO THE WORLD THAT. UKRAINE HAS MORE LEVERAGE OVER. RUSSIA BECAUSE OF THESE STRIKES. AND PUTIN HAS PUT IN GAS. RATIONING AND HE'S BANNED EXPORT. OF DIESEL AND RUSSIA USED TO. EXPORT 11% OF THE WORLD'S.

DIESEL. U.S.A. IS NUMBER ONE, BUT THEY. ARE AT TOP CAPACITY AND. INTERNATIONAL DEMAND IS SO HIGH, WE ARE EXPORTINGS SOME DIESEL. EVERYBODY LOOKS FOR DIESEL TO. REMAIN HIGH AT THIS POINT. THIS IS A SIGN OF THE PRESSURE. THAT RUSSIA IS STARTING TO FEEL. >> Ashley: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. RUSSIA, I THINK IT IS. INTERESTING PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. DIESEL IS GOING UP BECAUSE OF. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE AND. NOT IN INNER00.

I THINK THAT WAS A KEY POINT IN. WHAT HE WAS SAYING. RUSSIA SAID THEY ARE WILLING TO. COME BACK TO THE TABLE IN. MID-OCTOBER TO HAVE MORE PEACE. TALKS, MAYBE COME TO AN. AGREEMENT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. CALL IT, WHY WAIT UNTIL. MID-OCTOBER? >> EXACTLY, THAT SHOWS THIS. ENERGY STRATEGY BY UKRAINE IS. PUTTING PRESSURE ON THEM JUST. LIKE YOU SAY AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. DELIBERATE IN SAYING IN THIS. CASE, IT IS NOT THE MIDDLE EAST,

IT IS THE RUSSIAN SITUATION. CAUSING THIS. WE ARE SEEING MORE PRODUCTION, A. LITTLE RESERVE GOING UP. IT WILL TAKE TIME WITH PUTIN TO. SEE IF THIS PRESSURE AND HAVING. PEOPLE IN MOSCOW RATION THE FUEL. MEANS HE CAN'T HIDE THE WAR FROM. THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND THAT MAY. PUT PRESSURE ON. HE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL. AFTER THE POTENTIAL VISIT WITH. XI TO THE U.S. >> Ashley: UKRAINE SAYS.

REFINERIES ARE FUNDING THEIR WAR. EFFORT, BY THEIR, I MEAN RUSSIA. TRUMP TOLD THEM TO STOP. WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING? TO MEET AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN. THE WORLD, THEY SAW THE U.S. MET. WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AND. PUTIN AND I FEEL LIKE THINGS. ESCALATED FROM THERE. >> YES, AND ONE REFINERY THEY. ATTACKED IS DOWN IN RUSSIA AND. THAT IS THE SAME PLACE RUSSIA. MAKES IRANIAN-MADE DRONES, THEY.

SEND SEVERAL HUNDRED DRONES INTO. UKRAINE. I DON'T SEE UKRAINE PULLING BACK. AND HE DID NOT TELL THEM TO PULL. BACK, HE ONLY TALKED ABOUT. TARGETS AND ENERGY PRODUCTION. IT HAS BEEN THICK AND FAST AND. INTENSE AND BRUTAL FOR UKRAINE. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL. THERE IS PROGRESS ON. NEGOTIATIONS. >> Ashley: SWITCH TO MIDDLE. EAST, TALK SAYS STALLED.

A CARGO SHIP WAS STRUCK ON. SUNDAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED IF THE. U.S. WAS BEHIND THAT STRIKE, HERE IS WHAT HE SAID. >> IRAN SAID A VESSEL WAS STRUCK. LAST NIGHT, WAS THAT THE UNITED. STATES? >> President Trump: I DON'T WANT. TO SAY. >> Ashley: WHAT IS HAPPENING. WITH THE U.S. AND IRAN? >> INTERESTING REMARK. WE HAVE SHIPS LIKE USS BOXER. THAT IS AMPHIBIOUS AND THEY HAVE.

BOARDED CLOSE TO 20 VESSELS. IT IS POSSIBLE IF IRANIAN SHIP. WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE. BLOCKADE, WHO KNOWS. BIG PICTURE, IRAN IS TRYING TO. GET AROUND THAT BLOCKADE AND IT. IS NOT WORKING. HOUTHIS COME IN TRYING TO HELP. OUT BUT THEY WERE CRUSHED IN. 2025, THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE. LESS THAN THEY USED TO BE EVEN. THOUGH THEY HAVE TAKEN CONTROL. OF THIS PORT. OUR COMMANDER THERE IS IN A GOOD.

POSITION AND KNOWS HOUTHIS ARE. NOT REALLY A REAL THREAT TO THE. RED SEA AND THE BLOCKADE IS. WORKING, THEY HAVE TURNED BACK. OVER 100 IRANIAN SHIPS. >> Ashley: WHEN YOU HEAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT.