Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes, defying Trump on fuel price warnings

Bombardment is headache for Trump before midterms, though analysts say his Iran war is main driver of rising pricesEurope live – latest updatesUkraine is pressing on with strikes on Russian oil refineries, defying Donald Trump, who blames the attacks for exacerbating a global diesel shortage and pushing up fuel prices.Kyiv struck an oil facility in Russia’s southern Samara region overnight, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday in a statement on social media. The Ukrainian president added that a Russian vessel in the Black Sea was hit, as well as a launch and storage site for attack drones in the Oryol region.