Ukraine struck oil-processing facilities across three Russian regions Monday and targeted Russian drone infrastructure and a Black Sea site, one day after U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff completed meetings in Moscow and Kyiv aimed at restarting stalled peace negotiations.
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Ukraine launched a new series of long-range strikes against Russian energy and military targets Monday, hitting oil-processing facilities in the Ryazan, Perm and Tatarstan regions shortly after U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff concluded a weekend diplomatic mission intended to revive negotiations over ending the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the operations Monday, saying Ukrainian forces had also attacked a location used to store and launch Russian strike drones in the Kursk region and another target in the Black Sea.
“Our warriors continue responding justly to Russian strikes on Ukraine,” Zelensky said in an X post. “An oil refinery was hit in the Ryazan region. Our long-range capabilities were used against oil-processing facilities in the Perm region and Tatarstan, and against a site used to store and launch attack drones in the Kursk region. A target was also hit in the Black Sea. I thank every one of our units for their precision.”
The latest attacks continued Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s oil industry, which Kyiv has increasingly targeted with long-range weapons in an effort to disrupt fuel production and reduce revenue and resources supporting Moscow’s war effort. Russian refineries have sustained repeated Ukrainian attacks during 2026, contributing to disruptions in the country’s refining industry.
Monday’s strikes came immediately after Kushner and Witkoff traveled between the Russian and Ukrainian capitals in the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restart negotiations that have struggled to produce an agreement.
The two U.S. representatives met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday for more than three hours. Kremlin officials characterized the discussions as useful but announced no breakthrough, while saying the American delegation presented several ideas for a possible settlement.
Kushner and Witkoff then traveled to Kyiv on Sunday for talks with Zelensky, marking their first official visit to Ukraine together as representatives of the Trump administration. The discussions addressed a possible peace process as well as Ukrainian military and energy needs ahead of winter. The U.S. envoys said afterward that they hoped new trilateral negotiations involving Washington, Moscow and Kyiv could be announced.
Their departure was followed by Monday’s Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russian territory, underscoring that military operations are continuing alongside the renewed diplomatic effort.
The Kremlin said Monday that it was not ruling out another round of trilateral negotiations with Ukraine and the United States, although spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was too early to discuss where or when such talks might occur. Moscow also said the possibility remained for Putin and President Donald Trump to speak following the envoys’ visits.
Major disagreements between Moscow and Kyiv have continued to impede previous attempts to negotiate an end to the war. Russia has pressed territorial and security demands that Ukraine has rejected, while Kyiv has sought security guarantees as part of any settlement.
The latest diplomatic initiative therefore unfolded against continued fighting and increasingly deep strikes by both countries.
Ukraine has made Russian oil infrastructure a recurring target, including facilities hundreds of miles from Ukrainian territory. Previous attacks have struck refineries in Ryazan, Perm and Tatarstan, while Russian fuel production has faced mounting pressure from repeated damage to energy facilities.
Monday’s operation demonstrated that Kyiv intends to continue those long-range attacks while negotiations remain unresolved, with Zelensky presenting the strikes as a response to Russia’s continuing attacks on Ukraine.
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