Russia and Ukraine Exchange Strikes Despite Trump’s Claim of a Truce
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We provide what many… Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes overnight, hitting a gas station and an oil refinery, according to local authorities and monitoring Telegram channels.
The attacks on September 14-15 came just hours after US President Donald Trump said Moscow and Kyiv had agreed not to target each other's energy facilities.
Separately, Lithuanian authorities said a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that entered the country's airspace early on September 15.
In the Ukrainian capital, a petrol station and warehouse facilities were hit early on September 15, and one man was hospitalized in serious condition following the attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Russia has recently expanded its strikes to petrol stations in Kyiv, with Ukrainian authorities saying around 300 petrol stations have been hit in recent months, most of them in or near Ukraine’s frontline regions.
Meanwhile, a missile attack on the Russian city of Taganrog, near the Ukrainian border, damaged a warehouse owned by online retailer Ozon, as well as warehouses belonging to agricultural companies, regional Governor Yuri Slyusarsaidon September 15.
The Russian region of Samara was also targeted by drones overnight, with an industrial facility sustaining damage, according to regional Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, who added that 40 drones had been destroyed during the attack.
The region is home to a number of large oil refineries.
Monitoring Telegram channelsreportedthat a fire was visible in the industrial area of the Syzran oil refinery in the Samara region following a drone attack.
The attacks came after Trump said in a post onTruth Socialon September 14 that "Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets.
Russia has agreed to do, likewise!" In comments following Trump's post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyysaidKyiv was ready to stop strikes on Russia if Ukraine's allies ensured that Moscow would cease hitting Ukrainian energy facilities, critical infrastructure, and food supply routes.
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