Defiant Zelensky resumes strikes on Putin’s oil depots after Trump’s ‘betrayal’ as Musk requires Ukraine chief ‘to go’

Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian vitality amenities after President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned he felt “betrayed” by US President Donald Trump over a Russian diesel settlement and restrictions on satellite tv for pc providers utilized by Ukrainian forces.

According to The Sun, a refinery in Russia’s Ryazan area was struck on Thursday, October 15, marking Ukraine’s first reported assault on an vitality facility since Trump introduced an “energy truce” on Sunday. The report additionally described an in a single day strike on a Russian airbase within the Voronezh area and a renewed hearth at a gas terminal in Rostov-on-Don, the place a blaze had beforehand burned for 5 days.

Zelensky advised the Financial Times that Ukraine had avoided concentrating on refineries for 3 days earlier than ending that restraint. “The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We’re done,” he mentioned. In a separate interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored, Zelensky criticised Washington’s settlement to import Russian diesel and questioned the course of US coverage.

Asked whether or not he felt betrayed by Trump’s latest choices, he replied: “Really, yes. It’s painful when President Trump chooses one side, not our side,” Zelensky mentioned. “I think his advisers are wrong. I don’t know who is pushing him. Not to the right side, this is not the right side of history.” Zelensky warned that lowered American assist might depart Ukraine extra weak to assaults and worsen circumstances throughout winter.

He additionally criticised restrictions affecting satellite tv for pc connectivity utilized by Ukrainian forces, together with navy providers related to SpaceX’s Starlink and Starshield programs. “I am sure they knew what they did, absolutely,” he mentioned, whereas additionally expressing hope that the disruption might need a technical clarification. “I hope that it’s a mistake, maybe huge technical problem,” he added.

SpaceX proprietor Elon Musk denied duty for the restrictions, saying such choices rested with the US navy and “ultimately Potus”. Reacting to renewed Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil amenities, Musk wrote: “And so the slaughter continues. Time for Zelensky to go.” Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov mentioned efforts had been underway to revive the affected satellite tv for pc providers.

Ukrainian navy radio expertise specialist Serhiy Beskrestnov mentioned high-speed terminals and providers working below military-specific programmes had been interrupted with out warning. “Our armed forces did not receive a warning about these restrictions and this led to the failure of a number of missions,” he mentioned. “It’s clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is connected to the current political situation.”

His evaluation of the trigger was not independently established within the report. The dispute adopted Russian missile assaults on Ukraine earlier within the week. According to the report, at the least six folks died and greater than 600,000 had been left with out electrical energy, with injury reported in Kyiv, Rivne and Odesa.

Trump’s diesel settlement with Russia, introduced final Friday, would permit thousands and thousands of barrels of Russian oil to be bought to the United States and different markets, the report mentioned. He subsequently criticised Ukrainian strikes on Russian vitality infrastructure, linking them to rising world gas costs, and introduced an instantaneous vitality ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv.