Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery after Volodymyr Zelensky said such strikes, which had been halted at the request of the US, would resume.
The Ukrainian president said he had restricted attacks for three days while Russia had continued striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. “We’re done,” he told the Financial Times.
Zelensky also accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing on Russian strikes to pressure Kyiv into ending the attacks altogether after it struck a deal to import Russian diesel, and said restrictions to Starlink satellite services used by Ukraine’s military were deliberate.
The Kremlin has since said Kyiv “attempted a large-scale attack” on a refinery south of Moscow early on Thursday.
According to Russia’s defence ministry, four missiles and dozens of drones were intercepted and the falling debris had caused a fire at the site in Ryazan.
Zelensky meanwhile said dozens of Ukrainian cities had come under Russian attack in the past day.
He previously said he would agree to the so-called “energy ceasefire” announced by US President Donald Trump on Sunday if Moscow also abided by it.
But he accused Russia of ignoring the proposed deal within hours of it being announced, with strikes leaving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power. The Kremlin never said it agreed to the deal.
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