Russia-Ukraine War: Putin vows retaliation against Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a disgrace. Warning of rising energy prices, the strikes follow the collapse of a brief energy truce, with Zelensky accusing Russia of violations and Putin claiming limited damage. And the fallout has deepened tensions between Ukraine and the U.S., as it sought greater support from European allies. Russian President Vladimir Putin says recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries refineries have caused no significant damage he accused Kiev of initiating attacks on Russian infrastructure and also defended Russia's retaliatory strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities and other targets including data centers now the remarks came after a Ukrainian drone attack reportedly set an oil refinery in Russia's Omsk region ablaze or Russian officials also reported attacks on refineries in Saratov region although Ukraine denied involvement in some of those strikes they've kept trying to strike oil refineries recently they hit a certain place no major consequences but they keep trying they were the ones to make the first step we started responding by striking at energy facilities which they are complaining about as well as other facilities including data centers they should not have started it before taking this step they should have thought properly about consequences well Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has declared an end to Kyiv's restraint on attacks against Russian oil refineries. Zelenskyy said Russia's continued missile and drone bombardment of Ukrainian cities had exhausted Ukraine's patience. Now the announcement follows Trump's call for both sides to halt attacks on energy infrastructure. That's it. Block is out. Today's evening I said to my military people, after they again killed, killed today after such massive attack. he attack us, we will respond. It's our rule. Don't involve us to some diesel deals. If you ask us to help with the situation, of course, like the partners, we will help. But we're asking you, show energy ceasefire. If not energy, ceasefire, it doesn't depend on you. Okay? Now, as tensions with the U.S. deepen, Zelensky has turned to European allies for support. In Brussels, he met NATO Secretary General Mark Bruder, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk ahead of discussions among European leaders Macron reiterated France's commitment to Ukraine's defense saying Kyiv must receive the means necessary to protect itself British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting also urged US to continue supporting Kyiv arguing that Ukraine's security is closely linked to the wider interests of the United States and its allies I think the U.S. will find in the years and the decades to come that Ukraine will contribute a hell of a lot to American strength both in terms of military power but also its defense industrial base To Ukraine may be thousands of miles from American shores but if aggression is rewarded if borders can be redrawn by force if the sovereignty of nations becomes negotiable the consequences will not remain confined to Ukraine or to my continent meanwhile Russian attacks on Ukraine continue to take a deadly toll in the Dnipropetrovsk region a Russian strike killed two people and damaged nearly 50 houses according to local authorities one house was destroyed a resident described rushing to help his parents after the explosion only to find them dead Ukrainian drones targeted industrial and warehouse facilities in Russia's southern Rostov region, according to regional governor Yuri Selyusov. The attack sparked fires and left one man injured, the governor said.