Trump calls renewed Ukraine attacks on Russian refineries 'a disgrace'

In an interview with Newsmax, US President Donald Trump described Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries as a "disgrace," accusing the attacks of driving up global energy prices. Trump expressed his belief that both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would like to see the war end soon, but noted that he finds Zelensky more difficult to deal with than Putin. He further asserted that Zelensky is less willing to reach a compromise to end the conflict.

According to reports from RTE News, Free Malaysia Today, and Kyiv Post, Zelensky stated to the Financial Times that the pause in strikes against Russian refineries is over because Moscow was not abiding by the ceasefire on hitting energy infrastructure that Trump had announced. While Trump criticized the strikes, Kyiv Post noted that Moscow has continued attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Ahead of an EU summit, Zelensky met with NATO chief Mark Rutte and held various bilateral meetings with European leaders in Brussels, according to RTE News and France 24.

Brief written by urgent.news from Le Monde English, RTE News, Kyiv Post, France 24, Free Malaysia Today — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.