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Ukraine Defies Trump and Resumes Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries

Ukraine Defies Trump and Resumes Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries

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Ukraine has resumed drone strikes on Russian oil refineries despite pressure from Donald Trump to stop before the US midterm elections. Russian state media said drones had set the Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod on fire overnight, after an earlier strike on a Rosneft plant in Samara. The Kremlin accused Kyiv of ignoring US wishes, while Ukrainian officials say they never agreed to a pause.

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