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The Rest of the World Report | October 15, 2026 — Morning Edition
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UKRAINE ENDS ITS REFINERY PAUSE
Zelenskyy said Ukraine will again strike Russian oil refineries.
“The block (on attacking refineries) is out. We’re done,” he said in an interview.
Ukrainian drones hit a refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region early Thursday, about 300 kilometers southeast of Moscow. Russia’s Defense Ministry and Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said the strike started a fire. A senior Ukrainian official, who was not named, confirmed that Ukraine hit the refinery.
Ukraine had held off for…
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