Brief

Zelensky attacks Russian oil hub after Trump‑Putin diesel deal

Ukraine hit the Novoshakhtinsk terminal in Rostov‑on‑Don following a Trump‑Putin diesel pact that Zelensky called a betrayal.

By Felo News Desk · Published Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:48:25 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered an overnight strike on Russia's Novoshakhtinsk oil‑loading terminal in Rostov‑on‑Don, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a diesel supply deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to dailymail.co.uk.

What happened

The Ukrainian attack targeted the Yug Rusi oil‑loading terminal, which handles petroleum products from the Novoshakhtinsk refinery and has an annual capacity of 3.5 million tonnes. A swarm of 50 drones set fire to the facility, damaged a railway bridge in Rostov‑on‑Don and halted traffic in both directions. Two ships in the Sea of Azov were also reportedly attacked. The strike came after a Russian air raid on Zaporizhzhia that killed seven civilians, including three girls, and left ten wounded and 16 missing.

What the reports add

The article notes that the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia was described as a “new strike on sleeping Ukrainian civilians,” bringing the three‑day civilian death toll to almost 90. It also cites an Axios report that Trump accused Zelensky of ignoring six pleas to halt Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, which Moscow says are raising diesel prices in the United States ahead of the midterm elections.

What was said

“Russia is weaker on the front lines than at any other time during the war. That is why Putin relies on terror,” Zelensky said after the strike, according to the source. Trump said he was “ready to continue communicating with Vladimir Putin this evening, through the night, and into the next day.” Yury Ushakov, Putin’s foreign‑affairs aide, described the one‑and‑a‑half‑hour call with Trump as “so friendly ‘neither side wanted to hang up first’.”

How it came about

The Ukrainian strike follows a series of escalating actions: earlier Russian attacks on civilian areas in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy; Zelensky’s appeal to the UN for stronger sanctions; and Trump’s public claim on Truth Social that Europe had agreed to release a massive diesel stockpile, a claim linked to his October 9 announcement of a deal to supply the United States with Russian diesel.

Key facts

Zelensky ordered an overnight drone strike on the Novoshakhtinsk oil‑loading terminal in Rostov‑on‑Don. (dailymail.co.uk)
The strike involved a swarm of 50 drones, caused fires, damaged a railway bridge and halted traffic. (dailymail.co.uk)
The attack came hours after Trump announced a diesel supply deal with Putin. (dailymail.co.uk)
A Russian air raid on Zaporizhzhia killed seven civilians, including three girls, and left ten wounded. (dailymail.co.uk)
Trump said he was ready to continue communicating with Putin through the night. (dailymail.co.uk)