Trump’s role in Russia-Ukraine conflict faces new questions

FOR THE POPE AND HIS HEALTH. THANK YOU. SANDRA. [VIDEO PLAYING]. >> Sandra: ALL NEW AT 2:00, RUSSIAN MISSILES STRIKING. KHARKIV AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCED ENERGY CEASEFIRE. BETWEEN RUSSIA AND U.K. AND VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SPEAKS. TO FOX NEWS. THIS IS A NEW HOUR, I'M SANDRA. SMITH. AND JOHN. >> John: I'M JOHN ROBERTS,

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY BACKING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CALL. SAME TIME ACCUSING PUTIN OF. DEFYING PRESIDENT WITH NEW. STRIKES HITTING A POWER PLANT IN. UKRAINE. >> COMMUNICATION FROM RUSSIA WAS. CLEAR, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. ABOUT ENERGY CEASEFIRE. AND IT IS -- THEY ALWAYS WILL. FIND ANY KIND OF REASON NOT TO. STOP THIS WAR. THAT IS WHY I THINK WE NEED MORE. PRESSURE ON RUSSIA.

>> Sandra: BRING IN CHIEF. NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT. JENNIFER GRIFFIN AND BENJAMEN. HALL, BOTH WITH EXTENSIVE. EXPERIENCE COVERING THIS ARE WA. WHERE DOES THAT PUT THING SAYS. TODAY, JENNIFER? >> THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT. WHETHER THIS DEESZEL DEAL THE. PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED WITH RUSSIA. IS EVEN LEGAL. THERE IS A 2022 LAW IN CONGRESS. THAT WAS PASSED AFTER RUSSIA. INVADED UKRAINE BARRING THE U.S. FROM BUYING ANY OIL PRODUCT OR.

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM RUSSIA. THERE IS THAT AND THE LINDSEY. GRAHAM SANCTIONS ACT THAT WAS. PASSED AND NOW HEARING FROM. CONGRESSMAN FITZPATRICK THERE IS. LEGISLATION HE'S PUTTING FORWARD. CALLED RONALD REAGAN PEACE. THROUGH STRENGTH ACT WHICH WOULD. FURTHER BAR U.S. FROM BUYING. RUSSIAN DIESEL. THERE IS ISSUE OF HOW MUCH. DIESEL WOULD GET HERE. 300,000 TONS WOULD BE THE FIRST.

STANCH OF THIS, THAT IS 2.2. MILLION BARRELS OF DIESEL, LESS. THAN DAY'S WORTH OF DIESEL THE. U.S. WOULD NEED TO IMPORT AND. ABOUT A THIRD WHAT PASSED. THROUGH STRAIT OF HORMUZ BEFORE. THE IRAN CONFLICT BEGAN. IN TOTAL, THIS TOTAL RUSSIAN. DEAL IF IT GOES FORWARD. REPRESENT NINE DAYS OF DIESEL TO. UNITED STATES UNLIKELY TO AFFECT. U.S. DIESEL PRICES.

>> John: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. RELATIONSHIP WITH -- POINT NOW. HE WANTS VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY TO. STAND FOR REELECTION, I THINK. SAYING IT IS TIME FOR ELECTIONS. ZELENSKYY SAYS HOW DO WE HAVE. ELECTION IN MIDDLE OF A WAR? WHAT DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS LOOKING FOR, DO YOU. THINK HE'S LOOKING FOR A. REPLACEMENT FOR VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY? >> PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAID ALL. ALONG AND SAID TODAY ON FOX.

NEWS, HE IS OPEN TO HOLD. ELECTIONS, ALL HE NEEDS IS A. 60-DAY CEASEFIRE. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY ARE GOING BACK AND. FORTH AND RIGHT NOW THAT. RELATIONSHIP IS PRETTY LOW AT. THE MOMENT. THEY ARE UPSET AT THIS LIFTING. SANCTIONS ON DIESEL. THEY THINK MONEY RUSSIA WILL GET. WILL GO TO BUY WEAPONS AND. MISSILES AND DRONES TO BE USED. ON UKRAINIAN CIVIL KNOWIAS.

WE HAD SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT. SAYING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE. STILL BUYING OIL AND GAS FROM. RUSSIA, WHY SHOULDN'T WE BE ABLE. TO? EU IS BUYING ONE AND A HALF. BILLION DOLLARS PER WEEK, WHICH. IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THAT. IS COMING FROM TWO COUNTRIES, HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA. THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES HAVE.

STOPPED PURCHASING BY 85%. EU HAS PULLED BACK. TO SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKE THIS. MOVE IS GOING IN WRONG DIRECTION. AND THEY SAY THERE IS RIGHT AND. WRONG HERE. WHICH COUNTRY INVADED UKRAINE? RUSSIA. THEY WON'T HAVE A CEASEFIRE IS. RUSSIA. WHICH COUNTRY WON'T SIT DOWN AND. RELEASE CHILDREN KIDNAPPED? IT IS RUSSIA. THEY FEEL PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON. THE WRONG SIDE AND UNDERSTAND. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE U.S. NEED DIESEL. THEY SAY IF YOU LIFT SANCTIONS,

GET SOMETHING IN RETURN, WE WILL. LIFT SANCTIONS, IN YOUR HONOR. ARE YOU MUST MEET WITH PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY OR HAVE A CEASEFIRE. THEY ARE UPSET SANCTIONS WERE. LIFTED WITHOUT GETTING ANYTHING. >> JANUARY FER, NO DOUBT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEFENDING HIS. DECISION, HE BELIEVES HE MADE. RIGHT CHOICE. BASED ON THE BLOWBACK, DO YOU. THINK THERE WILL BE. RECONSIDERATION OF THIS DEAL TO. BUY DIESEL FROM RUSSIA? >> IT IS JUST A QUESTION WHETHER.

IT WILL IMPACT HERE AT HOME AND. WHETHER RUSSIANS HAVE ENOUGH. DIESEL TO EXPORT BECAUSE OF THE. UKRAINIAN STRIKES THEY ARE DOWN. IN PRODUCTION 60%, THERE IS NOT. THAT MUCH DIESEL FOR THEM TO. SEND TO THE UNITED STATES. YOU HAVE MARK CARNEY, PRIME. MINISTER OF CANADA CALLING THE. PRESIDENT AND SAYING CANADA CAN. SEND YOU MILLION BARRELS PER DAY. AND IS ABLE TO AND WE CAN. MAXIMIZE THAT, AGAIN, THERE IS.

THE TARIFF WAR BETWEEN U.S. AND. CANADA RIGHT NOW. THE REAL QUESTION AND CRITICISM. THAT WE ARE HEARING IS WHY ISN'T. THE PRESIDENT PUTTING EQUAL. PRESSURE ON VLADAMIR PUTIN, NO. INDICATION THERE IS PRESSURE ON. VLADAMIR PUTIN TO STOP THE WAR. OR STOP THE STRIKES ON UKRAINE. AND IN FACT OVERNIGHT THEY. STRUCK MORE GAS STATIONS, MORE. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PART. OF RUSSIA'S GAME GOING INTO. WINTER IS TO FREEZE AND HIT.

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO NO. INDICATION PUTIN IS READY TO. STOP. >> John: BENJI, QUICK FINAL. QUESTION, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, NOBODY KNOWS BETTER THAN YOU. IT IS NOT MOVING, WHAT DOES. PUTIN WANT? >> SO JOHN, I COULDN'T HEAR YOUR. QUESTION EXACTLY, ARE YOU. TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE FRONT. LINES ARE MOVING? >> John: YEAH, EVERYTHING HAS. BEEN LOCKED IN PLACE NOT MOVING.

AND PUTIN REFUSES TO STOP. WHAT DOES HE WANT? >> NOT JUST LOCKED IN PLACE, RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN LOSING LAND. IN DONBAS. U.K. INTELLIGENCE SAYS HALF A. MILLION RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HAVE. BEEN KILLED. ON THE BATTLE FIELD, THEY ARE. NOT DOING WELL. PICKING UP ATTACK ON SEWAGE. PLANTS AND WATER TREAT PLANTS.

CHILDREN ARE DYING EVERYDAY. RUSSIA IS ESCALATING ATTACKS ON. CIVILIANS AND GRAY ZONE ATTACKS. AROUND EU. WE HAVE SEEN POTENTIAL DRONE. ATTACKS ON PLANES OUT OF. GERMANY, ARS ONATTACKS AND. SABOTAGE. IF IT CAN'T BEAT UKRAINE ON THE. BATTLE FIELD PERHAPS IT WILL. BRING NATO DOWN BY TAKING OTHER. STATES. RUSSIA IS ON THE BACK IN TERMS.

OF MILITARY AND RUNNING OUT OF. SOLDIERS, THEY ARE LOSING AND. LASHING OUT AND DOING SO BEFORE. WINTER, WHICH WILL HURT. UKRAINIANS AND PUT PRESSURE ON. THE EU, MOMENT VLADAMIR PUTIN. THINKS HE CAN PUSH FURTHER.