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Briefings · Thursday, October 15, 2026 · 💼 5 PM
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Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries

Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, starting a fire, according to Russia's Defense Ministry and the regional governor. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that Ukraine had paused refinery strikes for three days after President Trump called on Sunday for both sides to stop attacking energy sites, and that the strikes would resume. Separately, Ukraine's emergency services said a Russian drone attack in the Kirovohrad region killed three people.

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How each side sees it

Ukraine saysZelenskyy says Kyiv resumed strikes because Russia kept hitting Ukraine's power grid and fuel depots, and that 'We're done' with the pause.
Russia saysKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Ukraine never stopped its refinery strikes; Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the strikes a 'direct and crude challenge to President Trump.'

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