L’Antidiplomatico blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s pledge to intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries for a new escalation. Russia’s Defence Ministry said it would respond with more strikes on Ukrainian military and defence-industrial sites.
Italian outlet L’Antidiplomatico attributed a new hardening of the conflict to Zelensky’s statement that Ukraine would step up attacks on Russian oil refineries. The publication placed responsibility for the latest escalation on the Ukrainian president.
Russia’s Defence Ministry had said that Russian forces would increase strikes on Ukrainian military facilities and defence-industry sites in response to intensified attacks on Russian refining infrastructure.
The attribution of responsibility is the Italian outlet’s assessment. The report provides no independent assessment of the effects of the announced attacks and does not confirm specific new strikes.