Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume
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Ukraine's President Zelensky accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing about Russian strikes to place pressure on Kyiv Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery on Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelensky said such strikes, halted at the request of the US, would resume.
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Zelensky said he had restricted attacks for three days while Russia continued striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
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"We're done," he told the Financial Times, external. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kyiv had also tried to hit refineries on Wednesday - which Ukraine denied - but there had been no "significant damage".
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Zelensky also accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing to pressure Kyiv into ending attacks but Ukrainian defence sources later told the BBC some functionality on Starlink satellite services had resumed.
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They said "operation while on the move", part of Starlink's military service Starshield, had been restored, although it remains unclear whether restrictions on the speed at which drones could fly while still maintaining Starlink internet connection have been fully lifted.
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Officials were still working to clarify "the reasons and circumstances" behind the move, the sources added.
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In a separate development, seven people are missing after a drone attack set a chemical tanker on fire off Romania, according to naval officials.
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Moscow said it had hit two cargo ships with military cargo heading to Ukraine's Odesa port, without naming them. Why is Starlink internet so important on the battlefield in Ukraine?
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Eight crew missing after drone attack leaves tanker ablaze off Romania's coast The Kremlin said Kyiv had "attempted a large-scale attack" on a refinery south of Moscow early on Thursday.
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According to Russia's defence ministry, four missiles and dozens of drones were intercepted and the falling debris caused a fire at the site in Ryazan.
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Zelensky said dozens of Ukrainian cities had come under Russian attack in the past day.
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He previously said he would agree to the "energy ceasefire" announced by US President Donald Trump on Sunday if Moscow also abided by it.
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But he accused Russia of ignoring the proposed deal within hours of it being announced, with strikes leaving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power.
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The Kremlin never said it had agreed to the deal.
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Zelensky agreed that he felt betrayed by the US when asked by Piers Morgan on Wednesday night, after Washington appeared to withdraw key elements of its support. European leaders have rallied around the Ukrainian president.
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Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told the BBC that the US restricting its intelligence-sharing with Kyiv would be a "complete mistake".
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"Because it is a fundamental form of support. This means denying a country any chance of defending itself."
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He added: "Peace will be achieved when Putin will be convinced that there is a stalemate... that he cannot advance anymore. But if he sees a weakness on the Ukrainian front, if the United States takes its resources away, then Putin will think he can win, and so he will continue the war."
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Zelensky met Nato chief Mark Rutte as a two-day summit of European leaders began in Brussels on Thursday. The head of the military alliance said they had discussed "the importance of implementing an energy ceasefire as well as Nato allies' continuous support for Ukraine".
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Zelensky told the FT that Ukrainian officials had been told by US counterparts that "if you will not stop [the strikes], we will block intelligence". Ukraine's military relies on US early-warning alerts of incoming Russian aerial attacks to mount air defences, limiting successful strikes, while Starlink internet links are used throughout its war effort to guide drones and protect its skies.
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There were suggestions a technical glitch was to blame for the sudden Starlink restrictions on Tuesday evening, but owner Elon Musk appeared to deny this and suggested it was the Trump administration's doing.
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"It was not a technical problem, it was the will," Zelensky told the FT.
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Trump has denied halting intelligence-sharing.
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Starlink's sister service Starshield is provided to Ukraine under a US defence department contract.
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The BBC has approached the US authorities for comment. Zelensky has questioned Trump's relationship with Russia President, Vladimir Putin Zelensky spoke to the FT during a visit to London on Wednesday which also included a meeting with Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Downing Street - who announced the UK would speed up delivery of lightweight multirole missiles to Kyiv. The Ukrainian president told the newspaper he would now only halt strikes on Russian oil infrastructure - which Kyiv says are vital to cutting off revenue streams to its war machine - if the US supplied more Patriot air defence missiles.
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Ukraine has suffered a shortage of the US-made defences since the outbreak of the Iran war consumed stockpiles.
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Striking a more defiant tone than recently, the Ukrainian president told the newspaper his American counterpart had an affinity for autocratic leaders like Putin.
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He said it was not up to him to mend US-Ukrainian relations given the events of the past week: "We didn't destroy any relationship."
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Tensions have previously frayed between the two leaders.
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After returning to the White House last year, the pair shared a fiery Oval Office meeting in which Trump implied Zelensky was the main block to a peace deal.
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Zelensky has since walked a careful diplomatic line, showing willingness towards US-brokered deals while stressing that the terms of any peace deal must be just.
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But he criticised the agreement between Russia and the US to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global marketplace, struck last week, as the US effectively investing in Russia's war effort. Two people were killed in Sloviansk, Donetsk, after overnight strikes, where a number of residential buildings were destroyed That deal was the latest effort by Trump to lower fuel prices in the US ahead of the midterm elections, after months spent grappling with the political consequences of the Iran war, which has sent fuel costs skyrocketing.
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Zelensky told the FT: "The question will be: when will the next deal be?
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Maybe it will be gas.
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Definitely it will be gas."
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With Russia continuing to strike Ukraine, Zelensky suggested the disruptions to US support was no coincidence.
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Local officials report at least 13 people were killed across Ukraine on Wednesday in what Zelensky called a "constant", large-scale Russian attack. He said more than 850 drones had been launched at dozens of cities and communities. At least three people were killed in the central region of Kirovohrad as it suffered its largest attack since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022, officials there said, with nearly 360 drones launched during a 10-hour barrage.
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Deaths were also reported in Donetsk, Kherson and Volyn.
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"It is clear that Russia deliberately escalated these attacks, taking advantage of the easing of sanctions and seeing attempts to pressure Ukraine," Zelensky wrote on social media. Why Moscow is staying tight-lipped on Trump's energy ceasefire Starlink restrictions in Ukraine war linked to political situation, Zelensky aide says
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