Zelenskyy has vowed to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after Moscow continued attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, despite pressure from Trump to halt attacks
He said more than 100 civilians had been killed in Russian attacks over the past week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after Moscow targeted Kyiv infrastructure, declaring an end to its pause on energy attacks despite pressure from US President Donald Trump to halt them. Zelenskyy said Ukraine had paused energy strikes for three days in response to Washington’s requests, while Russia continued attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Following his remarks, Russia’s Ryazan governor Pavel Malkov said Ukrainian drone strikes had caused a fire at a refinery owned by state oil company Rosneft. A Ukrainian official said that Kyiv had targeted the facility overnight in retaliation for Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz also said a Russian strike on one of its gas production facilities east of Kyiv had forced operations to stop. The Ukrainian president said his military had been deprived of US early-warning alerts for incoming ballistic missiles, while reduced Starlink speeds had hampered frontline operations and strikes against Russian military targets. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian military officials had been told by their US counterparts that continued attacks on Russian energy infrastructure would result in intelligence being blocked. The disruption was subsequently presented to Kyiv as a technical issue, he said. “It was not a technical problem, it was the will,” Zelenskyy said.
Definitely it will be gas,” he said. “The question will be when will the next deal be? Maybe it will be gas.