Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded on October 11, 2026, to U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism by stating that Russia is solely responsible for the war and offered to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Moscow stops hitting Ukraine’s energy grid. Trump had previously called for a new Ukrainian president, blaming Zelenskyy for high diesel prices in the U.S. Meanwhile, Kyiv continued its campaign against Russian infrastructure with a drone attack that shut down a data center run by Yandex, Russia's leading technology company, marking the third such strike on the firm’s facilities within four days.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday (October 11, 2026) that only Russia was responsible for the war in his country.
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Russia → say → country
He said Ukraine would halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Moscow stopped hitting Ukraine's energy grid, after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed him for high diesel prices and said it was time for Ukraine to get a new leader.
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Ukraine → say → leader
The exchange came as Kyiv pressed its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia, with a drone attack on Sunday (October 11) shutting down a data centre run by Russian technology giant Yandex, the third strike on the company's facilities in four days.
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attack → come → days
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than 4.5 years since Moscow's full-scale invasion.
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armies → lock → invasion
“Ukraine will be ready to stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stops striking our energy infrastructure,” Mr. Zelenskyy wrote on X.
“It is possible to stop strikes on energy infrastructure as early as today, but Putin does not want to do so,” he said, adding that any de-escalation must be reciprocal and backed by real guarantees.
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escalation → stop → guarantees
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha pushed back on Mr. Trump's comments, writing on X late on Saturday (October 10) that Mr. Zelenskyy was leading the country through a war for its independence.
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Zelenskyy → push → independence
“He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide.
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they → have → right
Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well,” Mr. Sybiha wrote.
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Sybiha → confirm → job
Donald Trump said on Saturday (October 10) it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war and blaming him for high diesel prices in the U.S.
“I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Mr. Trump said.
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The U.S. president, who on Friday (October 9) struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Russia in an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the US midterm elections, has been urging Mr. Zelenskyy for weeks to stop strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.
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who → strike → infrastructure
He has sought to blame record U.S. diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the U.S.-led war in Iran, which has driven up world energy prices.
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which → seek → prices
Ukrainian and European officials reacted to the diesel deal with dismay, saying it will help pay for Russia's war effort.
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it → react → effort
Ukraine strikes third data centre in four days
A Ukrainian drone attack shut down a data centre run by Russian technology giant Yandex, the company said on Sunday (October 11), the third strike on its facilities in four days as Kyiv widens its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia.
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Kyiv → strike → Russia
The attack on the data centre in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, caused outages across Yandex's services, leaving users in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia unable to order taxis or access banking services, according to Russian independent news outlet Astra.
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attack → cause → Astra
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than 4.5 years since Moscow's full-scale invasion.
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armies → lock → invasion
Ukraine's strikes on data centres follow Russian attacks on data hubs in Ukraine.
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strikes → follow → Ukraine
“As a result of the drone attack, the infrastructure of Yandex's data centre in Vladimir was damaged.
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infrastructure → damage → Vladimir
Operations at the data centre have been completely halted.
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Operations → halt → centre
There were no injuries,” said the Yandex Cloud Telegram channel, which provides operational updates on service availability.
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which → be → availability
On Thursday (October 8), a drone attack took a Yandex data centre offline in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow.
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attack → take → Moscow
A day later, Ukrainian drones hit the company's major data centre in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, partly putting it out of action, Yandex said.
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Yandex → hit → action
Yandex, often described as Russia's Google, runs the country's most popular search engine and a wide range of digital services, and is heavily involved in Russia's artificial intelligence development.
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Yandex → describe → development
Zaporizhzhia death toll rises to 23
Elsewhere, Mr. Zelenskyy said search and rescue operations ended in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian bombing on Saturday (October 10), Ivan Fedorov, the former regional head and co-chair of the regional defence council, said Sunday.
“President Zelenskyy said 23 people were killed in the attack, including four children. More than 30 people were wounded,” Mr. Fedorov said, “eight of whom remain hospitalised.”
A man was killed and two women wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Bryansk border region, local officials said on Sunday (October 11).
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