--- title: "Zelenskyy reacts to US easing of Russia sanctions" description: "Most outlets reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the US decision to waive some sanctions on Russia, following President Trump’s executive order. The News International led with the mention of Zelenskyy sending a message to Trump, while Minute Mirror framed the coverage as Zelenskyy criticising the move. Both excerpts highlight the timing of the waiver, which occurred days before a new sanctions law was set to take effect." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14904-zelenskyy-criticises-us-move-to-ease-russia-sanctions site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Zelenskyy reacts to US easing of Russia sanctions world · updated 17 Oct 2026, 7:54 PM PKT · 17 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the US decision to waive some sanctions on Russia, following President Trump’s executive order. The News International led with the mention of Zelenskyy sending a message to Trump, while Minute Mirror framed the coverage as Zelenskyy criticising the move. Both excerpts highlight the timing of the waiver, which occurred days before a new sanctions law was set to take effect. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Minute Mirror** — [Zelenskyy criticises US move to ease Russia sanctions](https://minutemirror.com.pk/zelenskyy-criticises-us-move-to-ease-russia-sanctions-646438/) · 17 Oct 2026, 7:54 PM PKT > Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised a US decision to waive some sanctions on Russia, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order days before a new sanctions law was due to take effect. - **The News International** — [Russia sanctions on hold: Zelenskyy sends message to Trump](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1420285-russia-sanctions-on-hold-zelenskyy-sends-message-to-trump) · 17 Oct 2026, 3:44 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded after President Trump waived Russia’s key US-related sanctions days before new law taking effect. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order aimed at exempting Russia from these... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Trump criticizes Zelensky and defends lifting Russia sanctions](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15148-trump-bashes-zelensky-defends-waiving-russia-sanctions) · 19 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 80% related - [Trump waives new Russia sanctions and tariffs before enforcement](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14788-trump-signs-executive-order-waiving-new-russia-sanctions) · 17 Oct 2026 · 14 outlets · 79% related - [Zelenskiy signals Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian refineries](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14402-zelenskyy-signals-new-russian-refinery-strikes-after-feeling) · 16 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 74% related - [Trump calls for Ukraine to replace Zelenskiy amid diesel deal tensions](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13497-zelenskyy-condemns-us-russia-diesel-deal-warns-it-will-fuel) · 12 Oct 2026 · 10 outlets · 3 developments · 73% related - [Zelenskyy supports ceasefire and trilateral talks with US and Russia](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15678-ukraine-s-zelensky-says-he-supports-ceasefire-trilateral) · 22 Oct 2026 · 4 outlets · 70% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 17 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.