Ukraine abandons truce, attacks Russian refinery as Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump

Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan on Thursday after saying Moscow violated an energy-target truce, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The strike caused a fire at the refinery about 300 kilometers southeast of Moscow. Zelenskyy cited continued Russian attacks, reduced Western intelligence and limits on Starlink use as reasons Ukraine would resume refinery strikes.

The Russian Defense Ministry and Ryazan Gov. Pavel Malkov said the drone strike caused a fire at the refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region.

Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries would resume after Russia continued bombing Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine was denied its usual Western intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes and faced restrictions on U.S.-made Starlink communication terminals.

Zelenskyy said more than 850 Russian drones were launched at Ukraine between midnight and Thursday morning, while Ukrainian air defenses reported stopping 536 drones.

A Russian drone attack lasting more than 10 hours killed three people and injured six others in Ukraine’s Kirovohrad region.

Published Oct 16, 2026 1:11 am KST

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on Sept. 23 in New York City. Getty Images via AFP-Yonhap

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The drone strike started a fire at the refinery about 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Moscow in Russia’s Ryazan region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry and Ryazan Gov. Pavel Malkov. Russia’s Astra online news outlet posted what it said was a photograph of the blaze.

The strike could further complicate Kyiv’s relations with Trump, which have soured again in recent days amid deepening tensions with Washington.

Zelenskyy said he was outraged by Russia’s continuing aerial bombardment of his country’s energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of Trump’s demand on Sunday for both sides to halt those attacks.

Despite going along with Trump’s demand for a truce, Zelenskyy complained, Ukraine in recent days was denied the usual Western intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes, and limits were placed on its use of U.S.-made Starlink communication terminals. Both are vital for the Ukrainian military.

He said his patience had run out, telling the Financial Times in an interview published Thursday that Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries would resume.

“We’re done,” Zelenskyy was quoted as saying.

A senior Ukrainian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that Ukraine had hit the refinery.

Zelenskyy slams US deal to buy Russian diesel

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Ukraine never stopped its strikes on refineries that have hurt Russia. It wasn't possible to independently verify each side's claims.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov labeled Ukraine’s strikes on oil facilities as a “direct and crude challenge to President Trump.”

Another point of tension with Ukraine is a deal Trump made with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel, despite international efforts to sanction Russia for its invasion and diplomatically isolate Putin.

Zelenskyy slammed the agreement, saying it would allow Russia to press on with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began more than 4½ years ago. U.S. efforts under Trump to end the war have made no progress.

In an interview late Wednesday with Piers Morgan on the British journalist’s YouTube show, Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by Trump’s deal with Putin, the energy ceasefire announcement and the Starlink limits that restricted the use of Ukrainian drones.

“Really, yes, between us,” Zelenskyy told Morgan when asked if he felt betrayed by the American president. “Our country has to survive, and we count on our real partners, strategic partners, the United States and President Trump.”

He said the behavior of the U.S., including restricting the Starlink system, “was really strange.”

Zelenskyy says US position isn't ‘on the right side of history’

In the same interview, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was “losing a strong partner” in the United States.

“It’s painful when President Trump chooses one side, not our side. But we are OK that he’s in the middle,” he said.

Zelenskyy said someone is pushing Trump into a stance that is “not the right side of history.”

Elon Musk noted on X that the military version of Starlink, called Starshield, is controlled by the U.S. military and Trump.

A Ukrainian official said the country has not received an explanation from either SpaceX, the company that maintains the Starlink satellites, or the Pentagon, on the slowdown. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.

The Pentagon has not answered questions about the slowdown from The Associated Press either.

The absence of Western intelligence leaves Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian ballistic missiles. Trump has said the U.S. hasn't stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine.

Ukraine looks to Europe for more help

Amid fears that the Trump administration may be withdrawing support for Ukraine, Zelenskyy went to Brussels on Thursday for talks with European Union leaders attending a two-day summit.

Zelenskyy said he would meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, and the prime ministers of Poland, Denmark and Belgium.

The previous day, he visited London, where he won pledges of more help from U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Asked whether the EU still trusts Trump, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, replied: “We definitely have a different approach to this war. We see that we have to pressure the aggressor to stop the war, not the victim to surrender.”

“Squeezing Ukraine is not the right approach, and that is why Europe is standing beside Ukraine,” Kallas told reporters.

Russian strike in Ukraine kills 3 civilians

In other developments, three people were killed and six others injured after the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine came under a Russian drone attack lasting more than 10 hours, Ukraine’s Emergency Services said Thursday.

Between midnight and Thursday morning, Russia launched more than 850 drones at Ukraine, Zelenskyy said on X, adding that the barrage came “precisely at a time when the speed of our defensive capabilities is being artificially restricted.”

Russian aerial attacks hit 15 Ukrainian regions, he said.

“It is obvious that Russia deliberately chose to escalate its attacks after receiving sanctions relief and seeing attempts to pressure Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said. “It is important that everyone in America stand not with the aggressor, but with our efforts to protect lives, end this war and guarantee security.”

Ukrainian air defenses stopped 536 Russian drones during a large-scale overnight attack, the Ukrainian air force said, but impacts were recorded at 31 locations.

A Ukrainian missile destroyed six warplanes at an airfield in southwestern Russia, Zelenskyy said. The aircraft were used to launch powerful glide bombs, he said.

“Russia is dragging out the war, so our long-range operations will continue,” he said on social media.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses downed 166 Ukrainian drones overnight and that Russian forces hit two vessels carrying military cargo.

乌克兰周四袭击了位于梁赞的一家俄罗斯炼油厂，此前乌克兰方面称莫斯科违反了能源目标停火协议。与此同时，乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，他感到被美国总统特朗普背叛。此次袭击导致位于莫斯科东南约300公里处的这家炼油厂发生火灾。泽连斯基指出，俄罗斯持续不断的袭击、西方情报的减少以及星链卫星使用的限制，是乌克兰将恢复对炼油厂袭击的原因。

俄罗斯国防部和梁赞州州长帕维尔·马尔科夫表示，无人机袭击导致俄罗斯梁赞州炼油厂发生火灾。

泽连斯基告诉《金融时报》，在俄罗斯继续轰炸乌克兰能源基础设施之后，乌克兰将恢复对俄罗斯炼油厂的袭击。

泽连斯基表示，乌克兰无法像往常一样获得西方关于俄罗斯弹道导弹袭击的情报，并且面临使用美国制造的星链通信终端的限制。

泽连斯基表示，从午夜到周四早上，有超过 850 架俄罗斯无人机向乌克兰发射，而乌克兰防空部队报告称拦截了 536 架无人机。

俄罗斯无人机在乌克兰基洛沃格勒地区发动袭击，持续超过10个小时，造成3人死亡，6人受伤。

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乌克兰总统泽连斯基于9月23日在纽约联合国总部向联合国大会第81届会议发表讲话。图片来源：Getty Images via AFP-Yonhap

乌克兰基辅——乌克兰周四袭击了俄罗斯一家炼油厂，放弃了此前达成的涉及能源相关目标的短暂停火协议。乌克兰称，莫斯科没有遵守该协议。与此同时，乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，他感到被美国总统特朗普背叛了。

据俄罗斯国防部和梁赞州州长帕维尔·马尔科夫称，无人机袭击导致位于莫斯科东南约300公里（180英里）的梁赞州炼油厂发生火灾。俄罗斯阿斯特拉在线新闻网站发布了一张据称是火灾现场的照片。

此次袭击可能会进一步加剧基辅与特朗普的关系，而近几日来，随着与华盛顿的紧张关系加深，两国关系再次恶化。

泽连斯基表示，他对俄罗斯继续空袭其能源基础设施感到愤怒，这显然无视了特朗普周日要求双方停止这些袭击的呼吁。

尽管泽连斯基同意了特朗普的停火要求，但他抱怨说，乌克兰近日未能获得西方通常提供的有关俄罗斯弹道导弹袭击的情报，而且其使用美国制造的星链通信终端也受到限制。这两项对乌克兰军队都至关重要。

他在周四发表于《金融时报》的采访中表示，他的耐心已经耗尽，乌克兰对俄罗斯炼油厂的袭击将会恢复。

泽连斯基被引述说：“我们完成了。”

一位不愿透露姓名的乌克兰高级官员证实，乌克兰袭击了该炼油厂。这位官员表示，他没有被授权公开讲话。

泽连斯基抨击美国购买俄罗斯柴油的交易

克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫周四表示，乌克兰从未停止对俄罗斯炼油厂的袭击，这些袭击已经对俄罗斯造成了损害。目前尚无法独立核实双方的说法。

俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫将乌克兰对石油设施的袭击称为“对特朗普总统的直接而粗暴的挑战”。

与乌克兰的另一个紧张点是，尽管国际社会努力制裁俄罗斯入侵乌克兰并在外交上孤立普京，特朗普还是与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京达成协议，进口俄罗斯柴油。

泽连斯基猛烈抨击了这项协议，称其将允许俄罗斯继续对乌克兰发动全面入侵，这场战争已经持续了四年半之久。特朗普领导下的美国为结束这场战争所做的努力毫无进展。

泽连斯基周三晚些时候在英国记者皮尔斯·摩根的 YouTube 节目中接受采访时表示，他对特朗普与普京达成的协议、能源停火声明以及限制乌克兰无人机使用的星链限制感到失望。

当被问及是否感到被美国总统背叛时，泽连斯基告诉摩根：“的确，我们之间是这样的。我们的国家必须生存下去，我们依靠的是我们真正的伙伴、战略伙伴——美国和特朗普总统。”

他表示，美国的行为，包括限制星链系统，“真的很奇怪”。

泽连斯基称美国的立场“并非站在历史正确的一边”

在同一次采访中，泽连斯基表示，乌克兰正在失去美国这个“强大的伙伴”。

他说：“特朗普总统选择站在某一方，而不是我们这边，这令人痛心。但我们能接受他保持中立。”

泽连斯基表示，有人正将特朗普推向“与历史背道而驰”的立场。

埃隆·马斯克在 X 上指出，星链的军用版本名为星盾，由美国军方和特朗普控制。

一位乌克兰官员表示，该国尚未收到SpaceX（星链卫星的维护公司）或五角大楼就此次卫星发射放缓做出的任何解释。这位官员因事关敏感而要求匿名。

五角大楼也未回应美联社关于行动放缓的问题。

西方情报的缺失使乌克兰更容易受到俄罗斯弹道导弹的攻击。特朗普曾表示，美国从未停止与乌克兰分享情报。

乌克兰寻求欧洲更多帮助

由于担心特朗普政府可能会撤回对乌克兰的支持，泽连斯基周四前往布鲁塞尔，与出席为期两天峰会的欧盟领导人举行会谈。

泽连斯基表示，他将与北约秘书长马克·吕特、法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙以及波兰、丹麦和比利时的总理会面。

前一天，他访问了伦敦，并获得了英国首相安迪·伯纳姆承诺提供的更多帮助。

当被问及欧盟是否仍然信任特朗普时，欧盟外交政策负责人卡娅·卡拉斯回答说：“我们对这场战争的态度肯定不同。我们认为，我们必须向侵略者施压，迫使其停止战争，而不是向受害者施压，迫使其投降。”

卡拉斯告诉记者：“对乌克兰施压不是正确的做法，这就是为什么欧洲要站在乌克兰一边。”

俄罗斯在乌克兰的袭击造成3名平民死亡

另据报道，乌克兰紧急服务部门周四表示，乌克兰中部基洛沃格勒地区遭到俄罗斯无人机袭击，持续超过 10 小时，造成 3 人死亡，6 人受伤。

泽连斯基在X电视台表示，从午夜到周四早上，俄罗斯向乌克兰发射了850多架无人机，并补充说，这次袭击“恰逢我们的防御能力速度被人为限制之时”。

他说，俄罗斯空袭袭击了乌克兰15个地区。

泽连斯基说：“很明显，俄罗斯在制裁解除后，看到乌克兰试图施压，便蓄意升级了袭击行动。重要的是，美国的每一个人都不应与侵略者站在一起，而应与我们站在一起，共同努力保护生命、结束战争、保障安全。”

乌克兰空军称，乌克兰防空部队在一次大规模夜间袭击中拦截了 536 架俄罗斯无人机，但有 31 个地点遭到袭击。

泽连斯基表示，一枚乌克兰导弹摧毁了俄罗斯西南部一个机场的六架战机。他说，这些战机原本用于发射威力强大的滑翔炸弹。

“俄罗斯正在拖延战争，所以我们的远程作战行动将继续下去，”他在社交媒体上说。

俄罗斯国防部称，其防空部队一夜之间击落了 166 架乌克兰无人机，俄军还击中了两艘运载军用物资的船只。