November 3, 2026: Ukraine has resumed drone attacks on Russian oil refineries despite US President Donald Trump's efforts to persuade Kyiv to halt strikes on Moscow's energy infrastructure, signalling growing differences between Washington and Kyiv over the conduct of the Russia-Ukraine war.

According to a report by The Guardian, citing Russian state media, Ukrainian long-range drones set fire to the Kstovo oil refinery in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region overnight on Sunday. The attack followed another strike on the Rosneft-owned Novokuybyshevsk refinery in the Samara region on Friday.

Ukrainian officials told the Kyiv Independent that Kyiv had never agreed to a proposed 30-day suspension of attacks on Russian oil refineries, which was reportedly conveyed by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner

(Source: TOI)