Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Has Resumed Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries

Reform.news Editorial Team · 15 October 2026, 08:52

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries.

“The ban has been lifted,” he told the publication.

Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine had refrained from striking Russian energy infrastructure for three days after US President Donald Trump posted about an energy truce. Russia, however, continued to attack Ukrainian energy facilities.

He also said that Ukrainian forces had stopped receiving US warnings about ballistic missile launches. Disruptions to Starlink services were also reported. According to Zelenskyy, US partners explicitly warned the Ukrainian military that intelligence sharing would be blocked if strikes on Russian oil refineries continued. The incident was later presented as a technical malfunction. The Ukrainian president said it was an expression of “political will.”

On the evening of October 14, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak reported that drones had struck oil refineries in the Saratov and Ryazan regions. Ukraine did not officially report any strikes yesterday.