Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Target Russian Refineries Over Moscow's New Strike Doctrine
Kyiv vows energy-for-energy response after alleged Russian plan to force civilians from cities; open to Putin meeting at G20
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File photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in May 2024. Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine / Volodymyr Zelenskyy, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Over the past week Kyiv has faced persistent Russian drone and missile attacks on energy, telecoms, road and rail assets, with Dnipro bridges targeted for the first time. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday amid air-raid sirens; a strike damaged the Northern Bridge roadway, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Merz's aid package is covered separately and is not the focus here.
