Donald Trump calls renewed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries a disgrace

United States President Donald Trump called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a disgrace in an interview broadcast on Newsmax on Thursday. The Daily Mail, the South China Morning Post, and Le Monde all reported his comments. Trump stated that the attacks by Ukraine were pushing up global energy prices. The Washington Examiner noted that Trump also stated he was not a big fan of President Volodymyr Zelensky and claimed that the Ukrainian leader does not want to settle the war. [1][2][4][9]

The remarks followed a decision by Zelensky to resume strikes against Russian oil facilities. France 24 reported that Zelensky announced Ukraine would no longer follow demands from Washington to refrain from attacking Russian refineries, citing growing tensions over a United States and Russia diesel agreement. CNN and The New York Post also reported on Zelensky's decision to restart the strikes. [5][7][8]

The Daily Mail reported that Zelensky expressed anger over what he described as a betrayal by Trump. In an interview with the Financial Times, Zelensky said the United States had cut off intelligence sharing and weakened its support during a period of intense Russian attacks. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, Ukraine had previously paused attacks on energy infrastructure for three days at the request of Washington. That short-lived energy ceasefire collapsed when Russia launched drone strikes on Ukrainian power stations and Kyiv resumed attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, including a refinery in the Ryazan region. [13][14]