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strikes launched by Ukraine on Russian oil infrastructure in response to Russia's continued aggression
striking a Russian oil facility in Yaroslavl, deep inside Russian territory, in what Kyiv described as retaliation for attacks on its cities. “Ukraine’s long-range sanctions continued in response
strikes on Ukraine** [following weekend attacks](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/24/nx-s1-5833050/russia-uses-hypersonic-oreshnik-missile-in-mass-attack-on-kyiv) that targeted every district in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The recent Russian attacks on Kyiv are viewed as a response
response to a [drone strike on a student dormitory in Starobilsk](/news/2026/5/22/russia-labels-ukraine-attack-in-occupied-luhansk-monstrous-crime), in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine
Russian Foreign Ministry said in Monday’s statement that the strike on Starobilsk signalled “the last straw” and that Russia will launch a systematic series of strikes in response, which will target “specific sites where
responsibility on Ukraine. The potential temporary ceasefire comes as Ukrainian long-range drones continue to strike Russian
Russian attack,” the Ukrainian president, [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy), wrote in a statement on social media. “There must be a just response to all these strikes,” he added, saying he had ordered Ukraine
response to chaotic energy markets caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. ## Ongoing strikes Kallas’s comments came as Russia continued its deadly attacks on Ukraine. Early on Monday, a Russian
Ukraine today in response to recent brutal Russian attacks on the country and joint nuclear weapons drills starting in Russia and [Belarus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/belarus).** ![Firefighters work at the site of a private household
strike in Ukraine’s Lviv region on January 9, 2026 [Handout/Security Service of Ukraine via Reuters] ## Why is Russia unveiling new weapons now? Putin has described these new weapons as part of a Russian response
Ukraine. Russia has not publicly commented on the attack on the Chornobyl facility. In February 2025, a Russian attack drone damaged a containment arch over the Chornobyl reactor that was destroyed in the 1986 explosion
strike, at least 24 oil storage tanks at the site had been destroyed, said Ukraine’s head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko. Russian President Vladimir [Putin](http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79649) dispatched his Civil
responsibility for this. It blames Kyiv, claiming that Russia is reacting to a recent Ukrainian strike on a college dormitory in Starobilsk, Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine
Ukraine was also continuing to strike civilian targets in border areas of the Kursk and Belgorod regions, close to the conflict zone. Russian armed forces provided a "mirror response
Ukraine of targeting a vocational school last week in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region that killed 21 people. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military on Friday to prepare options for retaliation in response
Russian forces were likely behind the blast, experts said. Moscow denied responsibility and blamed Ukrainian saboteurs. With no clear path to peace or even a ceasefire in the foreseeable future, Ukraine may intensify strikes
strikes were in response to what it claims was a deliberate Ukrainian attack on a student dormitory in the town of Starobilsk on Friday, in which Russian officials said 21 people were killed. Ukraine
Ukraine launched retaliatory strikes against Russia over the weekend,** killing at least four, as it hit a number of strategic locations, including in Moscow. “Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the war and attacks
strike campaign against Russian port and energy infrastructure on March 21 in a calculated bid to prevent Russia from offloading oil onto tankers and to counteract the suspension of US sanctions on Russian oil, which
responses," Zelenskyy said in a post on X. "Peace is needed, and real steps are needed to achieve it. Ukraine will act in kind." The Russian Defense Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine