US President Donald Trump on Friday once again said that India would no longer buy oil from Russia, even as he defended Hungary for continuing its imports.

Speaking at the White House during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump appeared confident that New Delhi had already scaled back its purchases from Moscow.

“India will not be buying oil from Russia,” Trump said. “They’ve already deescalated.”

The remark came amid Trump’s repeated claims that he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine through a mix of diplomacy and tariffs, if NATO countries stop buying Russian energy.

But his tone shifted when the conversation turned to Hungary, a NATO member heavily reliant on Russian crude. Trump struck a sympathetic note.

“Hungary is sort of stuck because they have one pipe

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