Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery on Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelensky said such strikes, halted at the request of the US, would resume.
Zelensky said he had restricted attacks for three days while Russia continued striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. “We’re done,” he commented.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kyiv had also tried to hit refineries on Wednesday – which Ukraine denied – but there had been no “significant damage”.
Zelensky also accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing to pressure Kyiv into ending attacks but Ukrainian defence sources later told the BBC some functionality on Starlink satellite services had resumed.
They said “operation while on the move”, part of Starlink’s military service Starshield, had been restored, although it remains unclear whether restrictions on the speed at which drones could fly while still maintaining Starlink internet connection have been fully lifted.
Officials were still working to clarify “the reasons and circumstances” behind the move, the sources added.
In a separate development, seven people are missing after a drone attack set a chemical tanker on fire off Romania, according to naval officials. Moscow said it had hit two cargo ships with military cargo heading to Ukraine’s Odesa port, without naming them.
The Kremlin said Kyiv had “attempted a large-scale attack” on a refinery south of Moscow early on Thursday.
According to Russia’s defence ministry, four missiles and dozens of drones were intercepted and the falling debris caused a fire at the site in Ryazan.
Zelensky said dozens of Ukrainian cities had come under Russian attack in the past day.
He previously said he would agree to the “energy ceasefire” announced by US President Donald Trump on Sunday if Moscow also abided by it.