Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said only Russia is responsible for the war and offered to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Moscow stops hitting Ukraine's energy grid. His reply followed U.S. President Donald Trump's call for a new Ukrainian leader. A drone attack also shut down a Yandex data center on Sunday.
Zelenskyy rejected Trump's call for a new Ukrainian leader on Sunday, saying only Russia was responsible for the war. He said Ukraine would stop striking Russian oil refineries if Moscow stopped hitting Ukraine's energy grid.
Trump had said Saturday that Ukraine should get a new president, blaming Zelenskyy for high diesel prices in the U.S. He added: "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal", according to CNBC's report.
Kyiv and Washington clash over diesel and the war
Zelenskyy wrote on X that de-escalation must be reciprocal and backed by real guarantees. He said stopping strikes on energy infrastructure is possible as early as today, but that Putin does not want to do so.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also pushed back, writing late Saturday that the Ukrainian people have the right to decide who leads the country. Meanwhile, Trump on Friday struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Russia ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Ukrainian and European officials reacted with dismay, saying it will help pay for Russia's war effort.
Third Yandex data center hit in four days
A Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday shut down a Yandex data center in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, the company said. It was the third strike on Yandex facilities in four days. Russian independent news outlet Astra reported that users in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia could not order taxis or access banking services.
Earlier, a drone attack on Thursday took a Yandex data center offline in the Ryazan region. A day later, drones hit the company's major data center in the Kaluga region, which Yandex said was partially taken offline.
Zaporizhzhia toll reaches 23
Elsewhere, Zelenskyy said 23 people were killed, including four children, in a Russian bombing of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday. More than 30 people were wounded, and eight remain hospitalized, according to Ivan Fedorov.
Source: CNBC
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