Ukraine Defies Trump With Renewed Attacks on Russian Oil Infrastructure
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We provide what many… Ukrainian forces have struck an oil refinery in Russia's Ryazan region, Russian officials said, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would resume attacks on Russian energy facilities and voiced anger over a "dangerous" disruption of satellite intelligence from the United States.
Defying an "energy cease-fire" announced unilaterally last week by US President Donald Trump, Zelenskyy told the Financial Times in an interview published on October 15 that "we're done" with holding off on launching attacks on Russia's oil structures.
Hours later, Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said in apost on Telegramthat "our region came under a massive drone attack," adding that "a fire broke out at the oil refinery." Russia's Defense Ministry later said Ukraine had attempted a massive attack on the Ryazan oil refinery, adding that falling drone debris had sparked a fire at the facility.
The Ukrainian military has not immediately confirmed the attack, which would be the first by Kyiv since Trump announced the cease-fire on October 11.
The Rosneft-owned Ryazan refinery has been targeted by drones several times in recent months and accounts for nearly 5 percent of Russia's total oil refining capacity.
Neither of the warring parties officially confirmed agreeing to the truce announced by Trump, and while Ukraine halted attacks on Russian refineries for three days, Russia continued to strike Ukrainian energy facilities and other installations.
"The block [on attacking refineries] is out.
We're done," Zelenskyy told the Financial Times in theinterview.
Zelenskyy had said Ukraine was willing to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries if Moscow agreed to stop striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
The Ukrainian leader's sharp tone continued when discussing a recent crisis involving a cut in the supply of US intelligence to Kyiv.
Zelenskyy told the FT that the suspension was presented to Kyiv as a technical glitch, an idea he dismissed while calling the disruption in the Starshield, the military version of the Starlink satellite communications system, "dangerous." Pressure is mounting on the Pentagon to explain the reported restrictions on satellite communications used by Ukraine's military, with Republican Senator Thom Tillis calling for an inspector-general investigation and warning that Ukrainian civilians and US personnel may have been put at unnecessary risk.
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