Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky ‘betrayed’ by Trump as Musk claims Starlink restrictions down to US

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Ukraine has run out of patience with Donald Trump’s energy ceasefire, as Volodymyr Zelensky declared “we’re done” supporting it.

Ukraine struck Russian oil refineries on Thursday, Vladimir Putin confirmed according to Interfax, vowing to respond.

Vladimir Putin has vowed Russia will response after Ukraine struck Russian oil refineries, it has been reported.

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

But in the days that followed, Russia ⁠rained down deadly missile and drone strikes, including on energy targets such as power stations, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

In an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday, Zelensky said Ukraine's patience had run out.

"The block (on attacking refineries) is out. We're done," he told the newspaper.

Meanwhile, Starlink services appear to have returned to Ukraine following renewed discord between the US and Ukrainian leaders.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has accused the United States of withdrawing vital intelligence and weakening the ‘Starlink’ communications service at a crucial time in the Russian invasion, amid a burgeoning row with US president Donald Trump over strikes on Russian oil facilities.

Elon Musk’s Starshield - the military version of Starlink - has provided a lifeline to Ukraine in helping to defend against incoming attacks, as well as striking Russian targets. But Ukrainian officials on Wednesday began reporting trouble with terminals moving at speed.

The reasons for the difficulties were not immediately clear but followed another souring of relations between Trump and Ukraine, after he announced a deal to waive sanctions on Russian diesel and called for Zelensky to be replaced.

Editorial : Battered by President Putin’s war of terror and apparently losing crucial support from US intelligence and Elon Musk’s Starlink, Kyiv’s brave citizens are closer to cracking than they have been since the start of the war

Britain's defence minister said he and ⁠US defense secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed the restoration of the Starlink service in Ukraine in talks on Thursday, and he stressed the need to move forward in supporting Kyiv following renewed discord between the US and Ukrainian leaders.