Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries, Russia says

Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries after a brief pause, Russia's deputy prime minister said Friday.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump had been pressuring Kyiv for weeks to stop such attacks, blaming them for the rising cost of diesel.

Analysts have linked rising fuel prices to the war the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February.

"There was an attack overnight on Russian oil-processing facilities... specifically, three oil refineries and one gas-chemical complex," Russia's deputy prime minister for energy issues, Alexander Novak, told a reporter from state TV.

"We had a lull that lasted a certain time, but today the attacks on oil refineries resumed," he added.

Videos published by Russian Telegram channels purported to show smoke billowing from an oil refinery in Russia's Samara region, following a drone attack overnight.

It was not immediately clear whether Kyiv was observing a pause in attacks.

Trump earlier in October struck an agreement with Russia's President Vladimir Putin to ease sanctions on Moscow in exchange for it releasing diesel onto global markets.

Trump subsequently announced a surprise "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine, which Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said he knew nothing about.

Russia has repeatedly struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the more than four-and-a-half-year war.