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Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries, Volodymyr Zelensky announces
Overview
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine will resume attacks on Russian oil refineries after pausing them for three days at Washington's request. Zelensky accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing and slowing down Starlink services to pressure Kyiv into ending the strikes, following what he described as Russia's failure to abide by a proposed energy ceasefire.
Key points
- Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine will restart strikes on Russian oil refineries.
- Zelensky stated he had paused the attacks for three days at the behest of Washington.
- He accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing and slowing down Starlink services to pressure Kyiv.
- The Ukrainian president claimed Russia ignored a proposed energy ceasefire by continuing to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
- Zelensky indicated he would only halt oil infrastructure strikes again if the US supplied more Patriot air defence missiles.