Moscow vows tougher strikes on Ukraine as Zelenskyy threatens Russian refineries
Russia has announced plans to intensify strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure following threats from President Zelenskyy to target Russian oil refineries. Both nations are escalating their aerial campaigns, focusing on energy and industrial sites while attempting to avoid civilian casualties.
Why it matters
The escalation of attacks on energy infrastructure threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis and economic stability in the region during the winter months.
Russia will intensify strikes on Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine following recent remarks by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday. The remarks came as Moscow warned of a further escalation in the aerial war after Kyiv threatened to expand attacks on Russian oil refineries.The ministry, cited by Russia's state-run TASS news agency, said that the Russian forces would step up attacks on military facilities, defence industry sites and related infrastructure in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine.The warning followed remarks by Zelenskiy to Reuters that Ukraine would "double down" on attacks against Russian oil refineries in response to what he described as a new Russian campaign targeting infrastructure across Ukrainian cities.Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had obtained documents indicating that Russian president Vladimir Putin had approved a broader range of targets ahead of the winter campaign."We saw documents and we know that they allow them to attack…
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