Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky attacks Putin’s ‘parody’ efforts to end war

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Ukraine has given up on Donald Trump ’s "energy ceasefire" with Russia , as Volodymyr Zelensky has declared that “we’re done” supporting it.

Kyiv's forces struck Russian oil refineries on Thursday, defying the US president and his ceasefire. Russian president Vladimir Putin vowed to retaliate.

Trump said Ukraine's resumption of strikes on Russian refineries was a 'disgrace' that would keep global energy prices elevated. "I'm not a big fan of Zelensky," he told Newsmax. "I think they actually both would like to see it end, but ‌I think I find Zelenskiy to be more difficult to ​deal with than Putin."

After Trump's surprise announcement on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, Kyiv had suspended strikes on Russian refineries, which Trump blamed for raising global diesel prices.

But in the days that followed, Russia ⁠was accused of launching missile and drone strikes on energy targets such as power stations.

In an interview with the Financial Times on Thursday, Zelensky, who met British prime minister Andy Burnham this week, said Ukraine's patience with the "energy ceasefire" had run out.

Ukraine's resumption of strikes on Russian refineries ​is a 'disgrace' that keeps global energy prices elevated, US president Donald Trump has said.

Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery after president Volodymyr ⁠Zelensky declared that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire covering energy sites that Trump had announced, and criticised his willingness to strike deals with Moscow.

"All he's doing is making the world oil price higher. Well, I think that's a ⁠disgrace," Trump told Newsmax ​after Ukraine ⁠hit a Rosneft refinery southeast of Moscow which helps to supply the Russian capital.

"There are a lot of targets ⁠you can hit, but when you shoot at diesel refineries where you ​make, ⁠you know, diesel oil, ‌and we need that, and the world needs that, then he's not doing a good service for the world."

US president ​Donald Trump said Washington was holding talks with Moscow and Beijing aimed at denuclearizing the countries ⁠with the biggest stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

Russia has the most stored nuclear warheads, followed by the United States and China, according to ⁠the Stockholm International Peace ​Research ⁠Institute. The US outpaces Russia on its number of deployed warheads.

During ⁠an interview with Newsmax, Trump said ​he ⁠expects China to "catch up" with ‌the US within the next five years.