Kyiv: Ukraine launched a drone and missile attack on a Russian oil refinery, Moscow and Kyiv officials said Thursday.
The attack came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared an end to Kyiv's pause on strikes against Russian energy infrastructure, saying Ukraine will resume attacks on Russian oil refineries after accusing Moscow of violating the US-announced "energy ceasefire".
"The block (on attacking refineries) is out. We're done," Zelenskyy told the Financial Times in an interview on Thursday.
He also accused Washington of disrupting intelligence-sharing and Starlink satellite connectivity amid intensifying Russian assaults.
Zelenskyy's remarks signal a renewed focus on Russian energy infrastructure, which Kyiv has increasingly targeted as part of its campaign against Moscow's ability to finance the ongoing conflict.
The Ukrainian president said Kyiv had halted attacks on Russian energy facilities for three days at Washington's request, even as Russian forces continued striking Ukrainian infrastructure.
A senior Ukrainian official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorised to speak publicly confirmed that Ukraine had hit the Ryazan refinery during an overnight attack.
Russia's Defence Ministry said that Ukraine launched a major attack on a refinery in the Ryazan region southeast of Moscow early Thursday. It said that air defences downed four Ukrainian Flamingo missiles and 69 drones attacking the refinery, but drone fragments sparked a fire at the refinery.
(With inputs from ANI & PTI)