Zelenskyy says Ukraine will resume refinery strikes if Russia rejects energy truce
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would no longer refrain from striking Russian oil refineries if Moscow continued attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, challenging a ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump said both countries had accepted.
Trump announced the proposed halt to energy attacks on Sunday and insisted Monday that Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to it. Zelenskyy said Ukraine supported the proposal and had not attacked Russian refineries overnight, but reported that Russian forces struck six Ukrainian energy facilities on Monday, wounding 33 people nationwide. Russia has rejected a broader pause in fighting, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying Moscow would continue its military campaign.
The dispute follows Trump’s temporary easing of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel. Zelenskyy argued that the move weakened efforts to isolate Russia’s economy and could increase funding for its war. According to Reuters, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told a Ukrainian delegation that permitting Russian diesel exports was intended to draw Moscow back into negotiations. Zelenskyy proposed further meetings with the envoys.
Tensions also rose after restrictions on Ukrainian military Starshield terminals disrupted some drone operations. Elon Musk said the U.S. military and Trump, rather than SpaceX, set the terminals’ speed limits. Zelenskyy accused Russia of exploiting the disruption while launching large-scale drone attacks on Ukraine.
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