Zelenskyy says Ukraine will expand refinery strikes in response to Russian air campaign
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Ukraine will intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to Moscow’s widening air campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview reported by Reuters.
Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had obtained documents indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized attacks against a broader range of targets, including energy and logistics infrastructure, roads, schools and hospitals. He described the campaign as an effort to pressure residents to leave Kyiv and other cities ahead of winter. United24, citing Zelenskyy’s comments to the Financial Times, separately reported that intercepted Kremlin communications indicated Putin had ordered the military to abandon previous restraints on airstrikes. Russia has denied deliberately targeting civilians.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine would answer attacks on its energy system by targeting Russia’s energy sector, particularly refineries that generate revenue for the war. He added that Ukrainian forces would not retaliate with indiscriminate attacks on civilian sites.
Ukraine has already expanded long-range strikes against Russian oil facilities and military logistics. On Oct. 1, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had struck an oil facility in Samara Oblast, a drone launch and storage site in Oryol Oblast, and a supply depot in Bryansk Oblast.
Zelenskyy also said Russian forces were losing ground and suffering heavy casualties in Donbas. Ukraine says its first three phases of Operation Vivaldi near Lyman retook 176 square kilometers and inflicted more than 5,000 Russian casualties.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove the unsupported verification caveat while keeping the sourced figures attributed to Ukraine. - "those figures have not been independently verified": The sources provided do not report whether the Operation Vivaldi casualty and territory figures have been independently verified.
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine will expand refinery strikes in response to Russian air campaign
Ukraine will intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to Moscow’s widening air campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview reported by Reuters.
Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had obtained documents indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized attacks against a broader range of targets, including energy and logistics infrastructure, roads, schools and hospitals. He described the campaign as an effort to pressure residents to leave Kyiv and other cities ahead of winter. United24, citing Zelenskyy’s comments to the Financial Times, separately reported that intercepted Kremlin communications indicated Putin had ordered the military to abandon previous restraints on airstrikes. Russia has denied deliberately targeting civilians.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine would answer attacks on its energy system by targeting Russia’s energy sector, particularly refineries that generate revenue for the war. He added that Ukrainian forces would not retaliate with indiscriminate attacks on civilian sites.
Ukraine has already expanded long-range strikes against Russian oil facilities and military logistics. On Oct. 1, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had struck an oil facility in Samara Oblast, a drone launch and storage site in Oryol Oblast, and a supply depot in Bryansk Oblast.
Zelenskyy also said Russian forces were losing ground and suffering heavy casualties in Donbas. Ukraine says its first three phases of Operation Vivaldi near Lyman retook 176 square kilometers and inflicted more than 5,000 Russian casualties; those figures have not been independently verified.casualties.
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