乌克兰总统泽连斯基在伦敦接受《金融时报》专访时表示，由于美国在俄军猛烈攻击期间危险地撤回情报支援并同时削弱星链（Starlink）卫星网路服务，乌克兰将重启对俄罗斯炼油厂的打击。尽管华盛顿为压低美国国内燃油价格并与莫斯科达成购买数十万吨俄罗斯柴油的协议，而向基辅施压要求停止攻击炼油厂，且乌克兰曾配合美方要求暂停能源打击三天，但期间俄罗斯仍持续轰炸乌克兰能源基础设施并造成逾百名平民死亡。泽连斯基发表谈话后，乌克兰随即在夜间对俄罗斯梁赞州（Ryazan）的俄罗斯石油公司（Rosneft）炼油厂发动无人机报复性袭击并引发火灾，而乌克兰国家石油天然气公司（Naftogaz）位于基辅东部的天然气生产设施也遭到俄军袭击而停运。（关键数字：100, three days）
泽连斯基透露，美国军方曾向乌方发出最后通牒，威胁若不停止能源打击就会封锁情报，导致乌军缺乏弹道飞弹预警，且星链通讯服务在全国范围内被降速，严重阻碍前线作战与中程打击。他驳斥美方称此为「技术故障」的说法，直指这是蓄意为之；尽管川普否认切断情报，但马斯克在X平台上表示军规版星盾（Starshield）系统由美国政府拥有和控制，任何速度或使用限制最终由美国总统决定，不过乌克兰总统办公室周四证实星链功能已恢复且速限已解除。这场危机是自去年二月椭圆形办公室争执以来乌美关系最严重的破裂，泽连斯基痛批川普对独裁者与超级富豪有本能的好感，并警告停止打击只会鼓励美俄达成更多如天然气等商业交易，进而为普丁的战争机器提供资金，这在美国国内也将面临政治反弹。
泽连斯基强调乌美战略伙伴关系至关重要，但表明破坏关系的并非乌克兰，若要乌方在俄军持续攻击下停止打击能源设施，美方至少必须提供更多爱国者防空飞弹作为交换。他在伦敦与英国国王查尔斯、英国首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）及国防官员会晤后，将于周五前往布鲁塞尔向欧盟领袖争取对俄实施更严厉制裁及加快拨款，同时坦言没有美国支援作战将非常困难，且未来一年欧洲多国大选若亲俄政党得势将带来诸多挑战，但他也针对法国极右翼领袖勒庞停止资助的言论强调乌克兰战场经验对法国国防工业是双赢。针对川普周末要求他辞职的呼吁，泽连斯基称这种言论以及欧美或乌美之间的分歧只会让普丁感到没有压力并获得喘息与团结国内的机会，助长其继续作战的意志。（关键数字：12）
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in a Financial Times interview in London that Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries, expressing anger over the dangerous withdrawal of US intelligence and the simultaneous weakening of Starlink satellite internet service amid intense Russian attacks. Although Washington pressured Kyiv to halt refinery attacks to lower US fuel prices alongside a US deal with Moscow to purchase hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Russian diesel, and Ukraine complied by pausing energy strikes for three days, Russia continued to pound Ukrainian energy infrastructure and killed over 100 civilians in the past week. Following Zelenskyy's remarks, Ukraine launched overnight retaliatory drone strikes that caused a fire at a Rosneft refinery in Russia's Ryazan province, while Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz reported that a Russian strike halted operations at one of its gas production facilities east of Kyiv.
Zelenskyy revealed that US military officials warned their Ukrainian counterparts that intelligence would be blocked if energy strikes did not stop, leaving Ukrainian forces without early-warning alerts for ballistic missiles while Starlink service was slowed nationwide, hampering frontline operations and medium-range strikes. He dismissed claims of a technical glitch as deliberate policy; while Donald Trump denied cutting off intelligence, Elon Musk posted on X that the military-grade Starshield network is owned and controlled by the US government with usage and speed limits ultimately decided by the US President, though Zelenskyy's office confirmed on Thursday that Starlink functionality was restored and speed limits lifted. Marking the worst crisis in US-Ukraine relations since the Oval Office confrontation in February last year, Zelenskyy criticized Trump's instinctive affinity for autocrats and the super-wealthy, warning that halting strikes would only encourage further US-Russia business deals, such as in natural gas, potentially funding Vladimir Putin's war machine and sparking a public backlash in America.
Emphasizing that a strategic partnership with the US remains vital, Zelenskyy made clear that Ukraine did not destroy the relationship and stated he could only agree to halt energy strikes if provided with more US-made Patriot interceptors as a minimum requirement. Speaking in London after meetings with King Charles, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, and defence officials ahead of Friday's address to EU leaders in Brussels to plead for tougher sanctions on Russia and faster release of EU funds, he conceded that fighting without the US would be very difficult and that upcoming European elections over the next 12 months could bring challenges if pro-Russian parties gain ground, though he noted regarding French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's vow to stop funding that Ukraine's battlefield experience is a win-win for French defence companies. Responding to Trump's weekend call for him to resign, Zelenskyy dismissed it as rhetoric that, along with divisions between the US, Europe, and Ukraine, removes pressure on Putin, makes him feel he is prevailing, and gives him renewed will to fight.