# Why has Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries?

https://mins.news/en/video/102907

- BBC News, 2026-10-16 10:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K64x8A9gPpU

> Russia accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery on Thursday. Zelensky said strikes, paused at the US request, would resume after Ukraine limited them for three days while Russia kept hitting its energy infrastructure. Putin said Kyiv had also tried to strike refineries on Wednesday, causing no “significant damage”; Ukraine denied that attempt.

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