Trump calls Ukraine's new attacks on Russian refineries 'a disgrace' and blames them for pushing up global energy prices - after Zelensky condemned US president's 'betrayal'
Published: | Updated:
US President Donald Trump has called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a 'disgrace,' in an interview published Thursday.
'Well, I think that's a disgrace,' Trump told broadcaster Newsmax when asked about Kyiv's recent strikes, adding that they were driving up global energy prices.
It came after President Volodymyr Zelensky resumed attacks on Vladimir Putin's oil refineries after he expressed anger over Trump's 'betrayal' at a time of intense Russian attacks.
In an interview with the Financial Times, the Ukrainian leader said the cutting off of US intelligence sharing and the simultaneous weakening of the Starlink satellite internet service was 'dangerous' for civilians.
'The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We’re done,' Zelensky said defiantly.
On Thursday, a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Ryazan region caused a fire to break out at a major oil refinery, marking the first Ukrainian strike on an energy facility since Trump announced a surprise 'energy ceasefire' on Sunday.
Separately, a fuel terminal spectacularly reignited after blazing for five days in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia.
Zelensky had paused energy strikes for three days to comply with US wishes, but said he would now resume them because Putin was still attacking Ukraine's essential infrastructure.
US President Donald Trump has called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a 'disgrace,' in an interview published Thursday
Vladimir Putin vowed revenge after President Zelensky resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries on Thursday
Zelensky accused Donald Trump of a 'betrayal' over the loss of crucial satellite data in an episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored
The Ukrainian attacks targeting Russian oil came after Zelensky's fury at US President Trump for signing a 'treacherous' deal to buy Russian diesel last Friday.
Both Zelensky and the US senators called that move a gift to Putin that would provide Russia with revenue to keep funding its war in Ukraine.
Putin vowed revenge following the attack at the refinery, which accounts for almost 5 per cent of Russia's total oil refining throughput.
Moscow responded by obliterating a Ukrainian supermarket in a drone strike on Thursday.
The store in the Odesa region was partially destroyed and three people were injured in the jet-powered shahed drone attack, which Zelensky condemned as an act of 'bloody terror'.
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.