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Zelensky announces resumption of strikes on Russian refineries

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Zelensky announces resumption of strikes on Russian refineriesPress Service of the President of Ukraine · CC BY 4.0

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resumption of strikes against Russian oil refineries after US pressure aimed at stopping them. He also denounced reduced intelligence sharing and Starlink satellite services, in an interview with the Financial Times.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resumption of strikes against Russian oil refineries in an interview with the Financial Times in London. “The block is out. We’re done,” he said, according to the British newspaper.

Zelensky also denounced the withdrawal of US intelligence sharing and the reduction of Ukraine’s access to the Starlink satellite internet service, which he described as dangerous. His comments came as US President Donald Trump pressured Kyiv to stop its attacks on Russian refineries, Egypt Independent reports. The truce on energy strikes proposed by Zelensky

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