Ukraine Ends Pause and Strikes Russian Refinery in Ryazan

Overview

• Ukraine announced it had ended a temporary restraint on attacks and struck a refinery in the Ryazan region, a move reported by regional authorities and confirmed by multiple outlets.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Financial Times that Ukrainian patience had run out and that the restriction on strikes was over, saying Kyiv resumed attacks after Russia continued to hit Ukrainian energy sites.
• President Donald Trump’s surprise U.S. announcement of a limited ceasefire for energy targets and a diesel deal with Moscow has effectively collapsed and provoked sharp diplomatic fallout between Washington and Kyiv.
• Ukrainian officials say U.S. intelligence sharing was conditioned on stopping strikes and that military Starshield satellite services were restricted, claims denied by some U.S. sources while SpaceX and Elon Musk have said the system is under U.S. government control.
• European leaders pledged to maintain and expand sanctions on Russia and stepped up financial and air-defense requests for Kyiv, while Moscow condemned the strikes, showed footage of the Ryazan incident on state TV, and promised responses.