Ukraine resumes refinery strikes as energy truce collapses, Trump objects
Russia is hammering Kyiv's power and water supply while Ukraine has restarted drone attacks on Russian oil plants, drawing a sharp rebuke from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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What happened
Russia has targeted energy facilities powering Kyiv, leaving parts of the capital without electricity and reducing water pressure. Ukraine, after pausing its strikes on Russian refineries for three days, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky resumed them, and a Ukrainian drone attack set fire to a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region. Trump then called the resumed strikes a disgrace and said Zelensky was harder to work with than Putin, and the Kremlin said it fully agreed.
Why it matters
The breakdown of the energy pause leaves both sides' energy infrastructure under attack.
Timeline
- Oct 14: Explosions shook Kyiv in the early hours as Russia struck multiple energy facilities powering the capital.
- Oct 15, 3:46 AM ET: Zelensky lifted the pause on strikes against Russian refineries, saying Russia had resumed attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
- Oct 15, 4:23 PM ET: Russian drone strikes left parts of Kyiv without power and fires burned, and Mayor Vitali Klitschko said emergency crews were shifting power to water pumping stations.
- Oct 16, 2:02 AM ET: Trump called Ukraine's resumed refinery strikes a disgrace, and the Kremlin later said it fully agreed with his criticism of Zelensky.
Coverage
- Kremlin ‘Fully Agrees’ With Trump’s Zelensky Criticism (The Moscow Times)
- Russia Repels 644 Ukrainian Drones as Trump Calls Attacks on Russian Refineries ‘Disgrace’ (The Moscow Times)
- Trump calls Ukraine’s resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries a ‘disgrace’ (The Guardian)
- Russia and Ukraine trade mass drone and missile strikes on energy sites
- Ukrainian drones attack St Petersburg, sparking fires and one death
- Russian drone attacks hit Ukraine's power grid overnight
- Russian strikes hit Kyiv's power and water as missiles fall again
- Russia keeps striking Ukraine despite Trump's energy truce
- Russia keeps striking Ukraine as Trump's energy truce frays
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