Zelenskyy says he's 'done' with Trump's energy truce. Ukraine hit a Russian refinery hours later.

Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Kyiv was finished observing the energy ceasefire U.S. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend, Reuters reported from Kyiv.

In an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine's patience had run out after Russia kept raining missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy targets — including power stations — knocking out electricity for hundreds of thousands of people, even as Kyiv had suspended its own refinery attacks. "The block (on attacking refineries) is out. We're done," he told the newspaper.

Trump announced the "energy ceasefire" on Sunday via Truth Social, apparently without consulting either side; Zelenskyy said at the time that Ukraine was ready to accept it, according to The Guardian. Trump has blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries for raising diesel prices on global markets, Reuters reported.

Zelenskyy also told the FT that recent restrictions on Ukraine's military use of SpaceX's Starlink satellite terminals were deliberate, not a malfunction: "It was not a technical problem, it was the will." Ukrainian officials have said the curbs disrupted drone operations at a moment when Russia intensified its attacks.

SpaceX chief Elon Musk, posting on X overnight, said the military-grade version of the system, Starshield, is ultimately controlled by Washington: "Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS," Musk wrote. A Ukrainian Defense Ministry source told CNN on Thursday that Starshield operations had since resumed.

The Guardian reported that Moscow sent a record overnight drone swarm at Ukrainian infrastructure, while images from Ryazan showed flames at a refinery that regional officials said had been targeted by 69 drones and four Flamingo cruise missiles.

What it means

The rupture risks deepening the biggest rift between Kyiv and Washington since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, Reuters noted. Serious Pick reported Thursday morning that Kyiv accused Washington of withholding advance warning of missile strikes — a claim Trump denied. Zelenskyy said Thursday he would now only halt strikes on Russian oil infrastructure if the U.S. supplied more Patriot air-defence missiles. "We didn't destroy any relationship," he told the FT.

For Canada, the stakes run through energy markets: with Brent crude trading around $105 a barrel Thursday morning, further escalation around Russian oil infrastructure feeds directly into the diesel and gasoline prices Canadians pay.