Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian refineries as Zelenskyy says 'we're done'

Ukraine ends its pause

Zelenskyy said in an interview with the Financial Times that Ukrainian forces had resumed attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. “The block [on energy infrastructure attacks] is out. We’re done,” he said.

Russia and US proposals

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised US efforts to begin a peace process and accused Ukraine of clashing with those efforts by restarting attacks. Russia, meanwhile, continued strikes on Ukrainian civilian energy infrastructure.

Russian strikes on Wednesday cut power to 600,000 people in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said he would be prepared to halt attacks on energy infrastructure again, but only if the United States provided Patriot interceptors to help Ukraine counter Russian ballistic missiles and drones.

Disputes over military support

Zelenskyy criticized what he called a dangerous shortage of US intelligence and the curtailment of Starlink access for Ukrainian troops. He said Ukrainian military leaders had been warned they would lose US intelligence if they did not follow Trump’s ceasefire proposal.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine was caught off guard by Russian drones and missiles this week without advance US warning. “We will find a way out,” he said, as Western allies work to make up for gaps in intelligence and defense support. He also told the Financial Times that the Starlink disruption was “not a technical problem, it was will.”

Oil decisions draw criticism

The interview followed Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian oil and his promise to buy “millions of barrels” of Russian diesel fuel. The article said the deal was unlikely to lower oil prices and could provide support to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continued invasion of Ukraine.

Trump’s actions have angered NATO allies and European leaders. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the US agreement to buy Russian diesel “a very risky decision,” arguing that Trump’s war in Iran drove the oil-price spike and that dealings with Putin could help prolong the invasion.