Moscow says it will step up strikes on Ukraine after Kyiv vows to hit Russian oil refineries

Russia will intensify its attacks on military and industrial facilities in Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, Moscow announced Sunday. Writing on Telegram, Russia’s Defense Ministry said , “Strikes by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against military and military-industrial facilities, as well as related infrastructure in Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine, will be intensified.” The threat came following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement that Kyiv would respond to Russian attacks by targeting the country’s oil refineries. “The people of Ukraine should blame only the head of the Kyiv regime for this,” the Russian Defense Ministry stated, referring to the Ukrainian president.