Russia claims Ukraine attacked two oil refineries overnight and derailed "energy truce": President’s Office denies claim
Russia claims that Ukraine attacked two oil refineries overnight on October 14 and is using this as evidence of Kyiv’s alleged unwillingness to observe an "energy truce". The President’s Office denied the claims, saying the strikes targeted other facilities.
Novak made the statement to Russia’s Interfax news agency, Censor.NET reports.
Russia’s accusations
Speaking on the sidelines of Russian Energy Week, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that two oil refineries, in the Saratov and Ryazan regions, had been attacked on October 14. He cited information from Russia’s Energy Ministry and the companies.
"According to the Energy Ministry and the companies, two oil refineries in the Saratov and Ryazan regions were attacked by the ‘Kyiv regime’ today. We see that the Ukrainian side is showing no movement towards an energy truce," he said.
Kyiv’s response
Dmytro Lytvyn, the Ukrainian president’s communications adviser, dismissed the report as a Russian fabrication in comments to journalists.
According to him, the strikes targeted a data centre in Russia and "something else", but not oil refineries. He described the strikes as successful. He provided no details about the targets.
Background
- On October 11, US President Donald Trump claimed that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an "energy truce" that was supposed to take effect "immediately".
- On October 13, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine had not struck Russian oil refineries for two days.
- Overnight on October 14, Russia attacked all combined heat and power plants in Kyiv, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi reported.
- The Russian attack on Kyiv killed three people and injured more than 20, with impacts recorded in several districts.
- According to DTEK, emergency power cuts were introduced in five districts of Kyiv following Russia’s ballistic missile attack.
