Attacks on Russian oil refineries ``resumed'', Ukraine's president shows distrust of the US

President Zelenskiy has vowed to resume attacks on Russian oil refineries that had been suspended following an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine brokered by US President Donald Trump. He spoke in an interview with the British newspaper Financial Times (FT) on the 15th.

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The reason for this is that Russia has not agreed to a ceasefire, and civilian casualties continue to occur in Ukraine. "The suspension (of refinery attacks) is over," Zelenskiy told the FT. In the early hours of the 15th, Ukraine attacked an oil refinery in the Ryazani Oblast in central Russia.

Zelenskiy argued that a halt to Ukraine's attacks would encourage new deals between the United States and Russia. "(Next) will definitely be a gas deal," he said, hinting at his distrust of the Trump administration, which is increasingly taking a more conciliatory stance toward Russia. Trump, wary of soaring fuel prices before the midterm elections in November, reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Russian diesel oil to the United States and other countries.

According to the FT, regarding Russian assets frozen after the invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration has proposed to major European countries that some of them be placed under the supervision of the US government, with a view to lifting the freeze. German Chancellor Merz expressed his displeasure on the 15th, saying, ``This is a matter in our sole discretion, and we will decide how to handle it.''