Ukraine says it will continue striking Russian oil refineries despite a diesel agreement between U.S. Trump has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting facilities that produce and distribute diesel, arguing that the attacks are contributing to a global shortage and higher U.S.
Zelenskyy has said Ukraine would pause strikes if Russia committed to stopping attacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure. He accused Russia of continuing to hit energy facilities, ports, logistics sites, and warehouses, and said Kyiv was waiting for concrete proposals from its partners. Trump has not provided details of his claimed energy-infrastructure truce, while Russia has welcomed his demand that Ukraine stop attacking Russian fuel facilities.
The dispute intensified after Trump agreed with Putin that Russia would supply diesel to the United States and global markets. Ukraine has criticized the arrangement as relief for a country still waging war against it. Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by the deal and by restrictions affecting Ukraine’s access to intelligence and Starlink communications, which he said are important to its military operations.
Ukraine later resumed an attack on a Russian refinery in the Ryazan region, about 300 kilometers southeast of Moscow, after a brief energy-target truce that Kyiv said Russia had not respected. The renewed attacks add another point of tension between Kyiv and Washington as the United States presses for an end to the war while Ukraine seeks continued support from European governments and NATO.