Zelenskyy: Resumes bombing of Russian oil

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy feels betrayed by the United States and expresses anger at Trump's "dangerous" decision to share intelligence with Ukraine, and to weaken the country's satellite connection.

This is evident from an interview in the Financial Times and in other media.

Now he seems to be putting hard on hard, saying that "the moratorium (on attacking Russian energy facilities) is gone. We are done."

He also condemned in the FT interview that Washington is "running its legs off" to make business deals with Moscow, and Donald Trump's "instinctive" worship of Vladimir Putin.

"He talks about it loud and clear, that he loves and respects such people. For him, people who can be leaders for 20, 30 and 40 years are very strong".

At the same time, Zelenskyy laments that "we are losing a strong ally".

According to Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian army received an ultimatum: "If you don't stop attacking Russian energy facilities, we will stop sharing military intelligence." But despite Ukraine doing as the US demanded, the intelligence was stopped, and the US also reduced the speed of the Starlink satellite communication system.

Ukraine's stay at the attacked Russian oil facilities lasted three days.

US-Ukraine relations are described as at their worst level since Trump's public humiliation of the Ukrainian president at the White House in February 2025.

The origin seems to be that Donald Trump at home accuses Ukraine of causing the high fuel prices in the United States, through the bombing of Russian energy infrastructure. In fact, it is Trump's war against Iran, which has closed the Strait of Hormuz to oil shipments, that is causing it. For Trump, the high price of gasoline in the United States has become one of the factors that hit his popularity the hardest, something that could lead to the Republicans losing the midterm elections.

In a surprising announcement on October 9, he therefore removed the sanctions against Russia and assumed that they would start importing Russian diesel, in order to bring down prices. The critics point out that it is such small amounts that Russia can spare that it will have no effect in the United States.

Three days later, Trump declared that there was an "energy truce" between Ukraine and Russia, something that none of the warring countries agreed to.

"It's a truce because I said it is," Trump said.

At the same time, Ukraine reported that the speed of data transmission in tech billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system has been reduced over Ukraine, which means it will be more difficult for the country to attack Russia.

Elon Musk claims that it is not he who decided this, but the US government "and ultimately Potus (the president)".

"All restrictions on speed and use" are controlled from there, he says.

The US also reportedly stopped sharing intelligence about Russian strikes with Ukraine, meaning Ukraine no longer receives early warnings when the robots are fired.

Despite the alleged ceasefire, Russia has continued, and intensified, attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine.

In the last week alone, over 100 people have been killed in Russian bombings.