Kiev ‘ignoring’ Trump – Kremlin

Ukraine, emboldened by continued European support, is ignoring US President Donald Trump’s calls to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has said.

Three Russian oil refineries and a gas chemical complex were targeted in overnight attacks on Friday, with minor damage reported at one facility, according to Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak.

Commenting on the latest attacks, Ushakov told journalist Pavel Zarubin that Kiev had once again defied Trump.

“I would even say they are simply ignoring him,”

he added.

Trump has repeatedly demanded that Kiev stop targeting Russian oil refineries, accusing it of worsening the global fuel crisis and driving up prices for American consumers and farmers – a sensitive issue ahead of the November 3 US midterms. Vladimir Zelensky rejected the criticism, calling Trump’s claims

“totally false.”

Ushakov suggested that Kiev was emboldened by continued European support. “

They would hardly have dared to do this on their own

,” he said.

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