Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes, defying Trump on fuel price warnings

Kyiv’s long-range strikes are headache for Trump before crucial midterms, while analysts’ claim war in Iran is responsible for rising prices Europe live – latest updates 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. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Pjotr Sauer in Kyiv. Read the full story at the source.