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“Trump has always blamed Ukraine for being invaded, and now seeks to shift responsibility for the increase in oil prices from the US’ war of choice on Iran to Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries.”

“…soon, the shortages of diesel caused by the damage has done to Middle Eastern refinery infrastructure and the success Ukraine has had in targeting Russian refineries mean, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, that prices could start rising…”

“The two developments fuelled concerns about decisions in Washington that could restrict Ukraine’s military capacity at a time when Trump wants Zelensky to stop hitting Russian oil refineries.”

““But much will likely depend on Ukraine’s ongoing attacks on Russian oil infrastructure.””

“Attacks by the Iranians and Houthis on oil infrastructure, including refineries, along with the more recent success of Ukraine’s targeting of Russian refineries, have taken about 7 million barrels a day of diesel out of the market.”

“While Ukraine can respond to the attacks on civilians by sending long-range drones to cripple Russian oil refineries, this does not save families in the apartment buildings of Kyiv and other cities.”

“The escalation in attacks comes after Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, pledged to step up the bombing of Russian oil refineries.”

“At the weekend, he repeated his call for Ukraine to stop its drone attacks on Russian refineries, almost all of which – with the exception of a handful of hard-to-reach plants in Siberia – have been damaged by Ukrainian bombing.”

“The US president first said this a week ago when he publicly urged his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to stop attacking Russian oil refineries.”

“Ukraine not only has survived four-and-a-half years of Russian onslaught; it now has the advantage over its giant neighbour.”

“The Ukrainians have learnt how to knock out Russian refineries with precision drone attacks on the highly engineered distillation towers that are hardest to fix.”