Ukraine Hits Russian Refinery as Zelenskyy Says 'Done' — SkimNews
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- Ukrainian drones struck a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, igniting a fire roughly 300 km southeast of Moscow; a senior Ukrainian official confirmed the attack.
- Zelenskyy told the Financial Times "We're done," declaring the brief truce "spurned" by Russia was over and announcing the resumption of strikes on Russian oil facilities.
- Russia kept bombing Ukrainian energy infrastructure despite Trump's Sunday ceasefire demand, per Zelenskyy; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov countered that Ukraine had never paused its own refinery attacks.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov labelled Ukraine's refinery strikes "a direct and crude challenge to President Trump."
- Zelenskyy said Ukraine was cut off from its usual Western ballistic-missile intelligence and had limits placed on Starlink usage — restrictions he called "crazy steps" by a partner.
- Trump cut a Russian diesel deal with Putin, which Zelenskyy said enables Russia's invasion; Trump separately maintained the U.S. has not paused intelligence sharing.
Why it matters: Ukraine's renewed refinery strikes openly challenge Trump's ceasefire push and his Russian diesel deal with Putin, while intelligence and Starlink cuts leave Kyiv more exposed to ballistic-missile attacks. With Trump publicly trading energy with Moscow and throttling Ukraine's battlefield support, Zelenskyy has declared he will continue striking without Washington's backing as winter nears.
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