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MapUkraine Resumes Strikes on Russian Refineries in Samara After Nearly Two-Week Pause
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Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries in Samara after about two-week pause. Dawn strike hit three refineries and a gas plant in Samara, Novak says.
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Samara refinery strikes resume
Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries after a pause of almost two weeks, launching a large dawn offensive against facilities in the Samara region, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
Novak said the facilities hit included three refineries and a natural gas and petrochemical processing complex, and he stressed that the air defense system had worked well while companies worked to reinforce protection.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the current Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries did not endanger the budding trilateral peace talks, and Moscow had said Ukraine was ignoring a request from U.S. President Donald Trump to stop attacks on Russian refineries.
The attacks followed a period when Ukraine abstained from attacking Russian energy facilities for a little over a week, largely due to pressure from Trump, who sought to hold Kyiv responsible for the global fuel deficit.
On the same day, Russia launched a new wave of attacks during the night of Thursday, mainly targeting the country’s electrical grid and in seven provinces, including Kyiv, where one death was logged in recent hours by Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhi Koretski.
Drone counts and Kremlin stance
Sergei Sobyanin reported that Kyiv launched 862 aerial devices against the city, and he said around 170 were destroyed in the outskirts of the capital.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the current Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries did not endanger the budding trilateral peace talks, and the Kremlin spokesperson also said Moscow had stated that Ukraine was ignoring Trump’s request.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhi Koretski said, "The main objective of the enemy is energy. Russia attacked electrical system facilities in the Kyiv region and on the Dnieper," as he described damage and restoration work.
Koretski also reported, "Unfortunately, one person died in the capital. Four more were injured in Kyiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Volyn," while the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy warned that repair work in Dnipro and Kyiv would take time.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy said the magnitude of the damages was "considerable" and that technicians must work tirelessly amid the "prolonged air raids and the constant threat of bombardments."
Negotiations, pressure, and fallout
The Kremlin maintained that it did not need a ceasefire but a complete end to the conflict, and Dmitry Peskov said, "We want peace, long-term peace for future generations," in an interview with NBC.
Peskov also said the Kremlin argued that the complete severance of contacts between Russia and the European Union constituted a strategic mistake, reiterating that without dialogue there could be neither management nor resolution of the Ukrainian crisis.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Kyiv had agreed to pause strikes on Russian oil refineries under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and Politico.eu said the unofficial halt was expected to last until after the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3.
Politico.eu also reported that Ukraine had paused drone strikes on Russian oil refineries for 72 hours when Trump announced an energy ceasefire earlier this month, while the Kremlin kept bombarding Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
In Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, "Our guys were trying to be a little more cautious these days. But they have no orders not to strike oil refineries," as the resumption of refinery attacks continued alongside Russia’s strikes on power and other targets.