US-Russia oil deal came after Zelenskyy ignored 6 US requests to not attack Russia: Report. US President Donald Trump's oil deal with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ignored six requests by US to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, Axios reported, citing a US official. "By continuing to hit refineries, he's eroding the goodwill that he's built with Trump," the official said. Ukraine's strikes had caused a fuel crisis in Russia.