Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries after a brief pause, Russia’s deputy prime minister said Friday, warning the strikes could reduce Moscow’s planned diesel exports.
U.S. President Donald Trump had been pressuring Kyiv for weeks to stop such attacks, blaming them for the rising cost of diesel. Mr. Following the deal, which sparked an outcry from Kyiv and Ukraine’s European allies, Mr. Mr.
“There was an attack overnight on Russian oil-processing facilities… specifically, three oil refineries and one gas-chemical complex,” Russia’s deputy prime minister for energy issues, Alexander Novak, told a reporter from state TV. Trump announced a surprise “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine, which Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said he knew nothing about. Novak said on Friday (October 30, 2026) that Russia had shipped around 510,000 tonnes of diesel to global markets under the deal in October, adding that “we are planning for a higher amount in November”, or around 2.15 million tonnes. “This will undoubtedly impact global markets,” he said, charging that “the actions taken by Ukrainian drones against our refineries are unequivocally detrimental to global markets”.
Trump, earlier in October, struck an agreement with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to ease sanctions on Moscow in exchange for it releasing diesel onto global markets.
