Zelensky Vows More Strikes on Russian Refineries, Warns of Missile Able to Reach Moscow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has threatened to intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries and warned of a missile capable of reaching Moscow, signalling a push to strike deeper inside Russia.

Zelensky presented the planned escalation as a response to what he described as a Russian policy of targeting civilians to force residents out of Kyiv.

He said documents showed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was pursuing that aim. The allegation concerns the intended displacement of the capital’s population, rather than only attacks on military targets.

The warning put Russian refining facilities at the centre of Zelensky’s threatened response. His remarks also raised the prospect of missile strikes reaching the Russian capital, though no specifications for the weapon were provided.

The threats came as a counteroffensive advanced in Donbas, placing the fighting in eastern Ukraine alongside Kyiv’s warnings of intensified attacks inside Russia.