smallwarsjournal.com/2026/10/20/buying-what-youd-bomb-the-legal-problem-with-the-russian-diesel-deal-just-security Buying What You’d Bomb: The Legal Problem with the Russian Diesel Deal | Just Security
Two legal scholars argue the U.S. can't call Russian oil infrastructure a lawful "war-sustaining" target in its own wars, tell Ukraine to stop hitting it, and then buy Russian diesel. In their reading, the 300,000-ton deal Trump announced October 9 exposes the U.S. to legal responsibility under the laws of war and the Pentagon's own doctrine.
— via Small Wars Journal, SWJ Staff
