Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes in defiance of Trump
by Pjotr Sauer in Kyiv from US news | The Guardian on (#78RNY)
US president blames attacks for driving up fuel prices before midterms, though analysts say his Iran war is main cause
Ukraine is pressing on with strikes on Russian oil refineries, defying Donald Trump, who blames the attacks for exacerbating a global diesel shortage and pushing up fuel prices.
Kyiv struck an oil facility in Russia's southern Samara region overnight, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday in a statement on social media. The Ukrainian president added that a Russian vessel in the Black Sea was hit, as well as a launch and storage site for attack drones in the Oryol region.
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