Ukraine to Intensify Strikes on Russian Refineries, Zelenskyy Says
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Ukraine will intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as a broadened Russian air campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, while continuing to avoid civilian targets.
In an interview reported by Reuters, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had obtained documents indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized attacks on a wider range of targets, including logistics infrastructure, roads, schools and hospitals. Zelenskyy said the objective was to pressure residents to leave Kyiv and other cities. Russia has repeatedly denied deliberately targeting civilians.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine would answer attacks on its energy system by striking the Russian energy facilities that help finance the war, particularly oil refineries. He emphasized that Ukrainian forces would not indiscriminately attack civilian sites. Ukraine has already expanded long-range strikes against refineries, ports, storage sites and other facilities inside Russia.
Zelenskyy separately said Kyiv was ready for US-backed trilateral talks with Russia this month. Speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Kyiv, he said Ukraine supported technical-level discussions by the end of October and would accept the United Arab Emirates or another venue proposed by Washington. Zelenskyy said the United States had also contacted Moscow; the Kremlin previously said it did not rule out three-way talks.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove an unsupported target detail and avoid linking separate reports as one announcement. - "In an interview reported by Reuters, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had obtained documents indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized attacks on a wider range of targets, including energy and logistics infrastructure, roads, schools and hospitals.": The sources say the Reuters interview described infrastructure, logistics, roads, schools and hospitals, but they do not specifically include energy infrastructure in that list. - "The announcement came as Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready for US-backed trilateral talks with Russia this month.": The sources do not connect the refinery-strike comments to the talks announcement as the same announcement or event.
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Ukraine to Intensify Strikes on Russian Refineries, Zelenskyy Says
Ukraine will intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as a broadened Russian air campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, while continuing to avoid civilian targets.
In an interview reported by Reuters, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had obtained documents indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized attacks on a wider range of targets, including energy and logistics infrastructure, roads, schools and hospitals. Zelenskyy said the objective was to pressure residents to leave Kyiv and other cities. Russia has repeatedly denied deliberately targeting civilians.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine would answer attacks on its energy system by striking the Russian energy facilities that help finance the war, particularly oil refineries. He emphasized that Ukrainian forces would not indiscriminately attack civilian sites. Ukraine has already expanded long-range strikes against refineries, ports, storage sites and other facilities inside Russia.
TheZelenskyy announcement came as Zelenskyyseparately said Kyiv was ready for US-backed trilateral talks with Russia this month. Speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Kyiv, he said Ukraine supported technical-level discussions by the end of October and would accept the United Arab Emirates or another venue proposed by Washington. Zelenskyy said the United States had also contacted Moscow; the Kremlin previously said it did not rule out three-way talks.
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