Putin’s officials have said they are fighting Nazis and responding to NATO aggression, and that the U.S. sought Russia’s “strategic defeat.”

On the evening of Friday, October 9, the Treasury published General License 135. It authorizes the “sale, delivery, offloading and importation” of Russian diesel until April 7, 2027, and does not specify a buyer, a seller, or a quantity. The President provided the quantities after a call with Presid...