Live: Trump calls renewed Ukraine attacks on Russian oil refineries 'a disgrace'
· France 2416/10/2026 - 08:02
Russian drone strikes leave 370,000 people without power in Ukraine's Volyn region, governor says
Russian drone strikes on Ukraine's Volyn region bordering Poland left 370,000 people without power, hit an enterprise with foreign investments and wounded two people, regional governor Roman Romaniuk said on Telegram.
Another five people were wounded as drones struck an apartment building in Uman in central Ukraine, the national police said.
Emergency power cuts were introduced in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv during Russian strikes, private energy provider DTEK said on X.
Poland, a member of the European Union and NATO, scrambled fighter jets to protect its airspace during the Russian strikes on Ukraine, Poland's armed forces said on X, adding later that no airspace violation was recorded.
16/10/2026 - 07:27
Russia repels Ukrainian drone attack on heating infrastructure in Vladimir region, governor says
Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on heating infrastructure in the Vladimir region, Governor Alexander Avdeyev said.
16/10/2026 - 07:02
Russia hits logistics hub in Odesa region and cargo vessel en route to port
Russia's military has hit a logistics facility in Ukraine's Odesa region as well as a cargo vessel en route to Odesa, the defence ministry said on Telegram, alleging that they were used for military purposes.
16/10/2026 - 03:43
Trump calls fresh strikes on Russian refineries 'a disgrace'
US President Donald Trump called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a "disgrace," in an interview published Thursday.
"Well, I think that's a disgrace," Trump told broadcaster Newsmax when asked about Ukraine's renewed strikes, adding that they were driving up global energy prices.
The 80-year-old US leader took aim at his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, asserting that he was less willing than Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a compromise to end the war.
"It should end soon. I think they actually both would like to see it end," Trump said to Newsmax.
"But I think I find Zelensky to be more difficult to deal with than Putin."
16/10/2026 - 03:42
Yesterday's key developments:
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with NATO chief Mark Rutte in Brussels to rally support from European allies against Russia.
• Zelensky asked the United States not to stand with Moscow and called for "honesty" after Kyiv said it had been betrayed by Washington's intelligence-sharing gaps.
• Elon Musk suggested that slowdowns in the Starlink system used for battlefield communications and frontline logistics were caused by Trump and the US military.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)