Zelensky Says the U.S. Has Demanded Ukraine Stop Striking Russian Refineries

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed in a recent statement that the U.S. government has asked Ukraine to stop its attacks on Russian diesel and refinery facilities. Zelensky said that Ukraine had proposed halting such strikes in exchange for the U.S. providing Patriot missile systems to protect Ukraine's critical facilities, but that the U.S. is currently only demanding that Ukraine cease its strikes, and has threatened that if Ukraine continues to attack Russian energy facilities, the U.S. will cut off aid to Ukraine.