My disinfo from Hersh. Anyway, at least we needed to read no further than the third paragraph for the giveaway:

“Zelensky’s been buying discount diesel from the Russians,” one knowledgeable American intelligence official told me. “And who’s paying for the gas and oil? We are. Putin and his oligarchs are making millions” on it.

Oh, okay, the "knowledgeable official" gag means to turn on our radar. Suddenly we ask, "Why is Putin & Co. giving him a discount?" On one end, the World's Most Murderous Thug gives discounts to the person he supposedly would most like to murder? On the other, is America not going to keep firehosing money to Big Z unless he scores a good deal on diesel?

Hersh, purportedly a journalist, neither asks nor attempts to answer these questions. But of course not, because the only point is once again and always, "pUtIn BaD!" We're told that specifically: that rat bastard and his other nameless oligarch pals are only interested in making money in the middle of a war.

But what of the issue raised in the very title? It's Big Z that's "trading with the enemy", is it not? An act of treason, many would say. So shouldn't Hersh be investigating the reasons as to why angry Ukrainians with ropes aren't chasing him down the street?

Secondary objective: Remind Zelensky to stay in line lest a BS substack article becomea a "Russian decapitation strike". Tertiary objective: convince Westerners that many naughty Ukrainians officials were involved, no Americans were involved, and it was only $400M. All laughable.

So Hersh is once again a stenographer for "intelligence officials with direct knowledge".