Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian oil infrastructure after a three-day pause requested by Washington, with a renewed strike setting fire to the Rosneft refinery in Russia's Ryazan region. The regional governor said damage was still being assessed, while a Ukrainian official confirmed the operation to Reuters.
The Ryazan plant accounts for nearly 5% of Russia's refinery throughput and helps supply Moscow. Neither side provided an independent assessment of the damage or any effect on production.
Why Kyiv ended the pause
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that Ukraine had stopped attacking Russian refineries after President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Russia continued launching missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy sites during that pause, knocking out power and damaging a Naftogaz gas facility, according to Reuters.
“The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We're done,” Zelenskyy told the FT. He said Ukraine would consider another halt only in exchange for additional U.S.-made Patriot interceptors. The Kremlin said the renewed Ukrainian strikes ran counter to U.S. peace efforts and argued that the ceasefire's scope had never been settled.
The intelligence and Starlink dispute
Zelenskyy also accused Washington of withholding the usual early warnings for incoming Russian ballistic missiles and threatening broader intelligence access if Kyiv continued hitting energy targets. Trump denied that the United States had stopped sharing intelligence, according to The Associated Press.
At the same time, Ukrainian officials reported that military-grade Starlink terminals stopped working on fast-moving platforms, limiting drone operations. Elon Musk said Starshield systems are controlled by the U.S. government and that any speed or usage limits are decided by the U.S. military and ultimately the president. Zelenskyy rejected explanations that the disruption was a technical fault, telling the FT: “It was not a technical problem, it was the will.”
