Ukraine defies Trump to resume attacks on Russian oil

Reported strikes on two refineries risk angering the US president days before his country’s midterm elections

Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries in defiance of pressure from Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections, with a ceasefire in the occupied town of Oleshky due to end late on Sunday.

Russian state media said on Sunday Ukrainian long-range drones had set fire to the Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod oblast overnight, following soon after a major strike against another big refinery in Samara oblast, owned by the Russian state energy giant Rosneft.