The Kremlin on Friday said the Ukraine war is about Russia’s national security and not about oil prices. This is after U.S. President, Donald Trump, called for a cut in the price of oil. DAILY POST gathered that Trump on Thursday said he would demand Saudi Arabia and OPEC bring down the cost of oil.

The Kremlin has stated that Russia's aggression in Ukraine is not dependent on global oil prices. Source: European Pravda, citing the Russian news agency Interfax Details: Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Russian leader,

Trump in his first days in office has leaned in on the idea that OPEC+, the alliance of oil producing nations, holds the key to ending the war by reducing oil prices.