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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer in Kyiv

Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes in defiance of Trump

Thick black smoke billows over Moscow Oil Refinery, with flames visible at sunset
An oil refinery burning in Moscow after Ukrainian drones strikes last month. Photograph: EyePress News/Shutterstock

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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