Ukraine will attack Russian oil refineries again

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that he will resume attacks on Russian oil refineries despite US President Donald Trump's declaration of a ceasefire in the energy field.

Zelenskiy made evaluations about Ukraine-US relations in his interview with the Financial Times.

Arguing that the US withdrew its intelligence support in a "dangerous" manner and that the Starlink satellite internet service was weakened during the period when Russia's attacks on his country continued, Zelenskiy said, "The obstacle to attacks on the refineries (in Russia) has been lifted. This is over." he said.

Explaining that they stopped attacks on energy facilities for three days in order to comply with the ceasefire declared by the USA in the field of energy, Zelenskiy argued that Moscow, on the other hand, continued to hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

The Ukrainian leader stated that although his country stopped its attacks, they were deprived of the early warning notifications provided by the USA against Russian attacks.

Pointing out that the satellite technology Starlink service belonging to SpaceX owner Elon Musk has been slowed down throughout the country and that this has disrupted operations at the front, Zelenskiy said to Ukrainian military officials that their US counterparts said, "If you do not stop the energy attacks, we will block the intelligence." He stated that the message was given.

Zelenskiy later claimed that this was "presented as a technical malfunction" and said, "This was not a technical problem. This was a matter of will." he said.

Regarding his country's relations with the USA, Zelenskiy said, "We were not the ones who destroyed any relations." made his assessment.

On the question of the possibility of stopping Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy facilities, Zelenskiy stated that this would only be possible if the USA gives more Patriot interceptor missiles, and claimed that when they asked for more air defense systems, the USA responded by weakening the Starlink service.

Stating that "trade between the USA and Russia is interesting", Zelenskiy stated that it was "dangerous" for the USA to cut off intelligence support to Ukraine and disrupt the Starlink service.