The Ukrainian Navy announced on Thursday that it had destroyed six Russian Sukhoi-34M military aircraft in a night strike targeting Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region. The Navy said on Telegram that the attack was carried out using the Neptune coastal missile system.
Zelenskyy ends halt on targeting Russian oil refineries
In a related development, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the end of his country’s commitment to halt attacks on oil refineries inside Russian territory. Zelenskyy sharply criticised the United States for restricting intelligence-sharing and disrupting services provided by the Starlink satellite communications network.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Zelenskyy revealed that Kyiv had temporarily suspended its attacks on Russian energy facilities for three days in response to a US request. He said Ukraine cancelled the halt after Moscow continued to shell Ukrainian infrastructure, killing, according to him, more than 100 people in one week. The Ukrainian president confirmed: “The ban on striking oil refineries is over.”
Zelenskyy accused the US administration of halting the flow of intelligence data that he described as vital, particularly information linked to early-warning systems for Russian ballistic missiles. He said the measures were used to pressure Kyiv to stop targeting Russia’s oil sector, with the aim of curbing fuel prices in US markets.
