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Zelensky was quick to criticise Trump’s diesel deal with Russia, calling it a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>. Analysts view the deal as an attempt by the US president to allay domestic concerns about high fuel prices ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n Zelensky wrote on social media on Saturday that Russian attacks on energy facilities in the capital, Kyiv, demonstrated Russia’s “true intentions”.<\/p>\n “Russia’s choice is war. And they will be ready to end it only when they feel that their ability to drag the war out is diminishing.<\/p>\n “Unfortunately, the signals Russia received yesterday were entirely different \u2013 signals suggesting that it could simply keep attacking. And this needs to be corrected.”<\/p>\n Both Russia and Ukraine have stepped up attacks on infrastructure in recent months, as Moscow’s full-scale invasion, launched in 2022, drags on.<\/p>\n On Thursday, at least 33 people were killed in another Russian glide bomb attack on two civilian buses in Kramatorsk, in the eastern Donetsk region. <\/p>\n The day before, 22 people including five children<\/a> died as a Russian missile hit an apartment block in the town of Pryluky, east of Kyiv.<\/p>\n The number of civilian casualties in Ukraine jumped by 55%, external<\/span><\/a> in the first eight months of this year, according to the UN.<\/p>\n Russia has also stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure<\/a> as winter approaches, a strategy it has undertaken in previous years. Kyiv has repeatedly accused it of targeting Ukraine’s civilian population, which Moscow denies.<\/p>\n For its part, Ukraine has increasingly adopted a policy of striking infrastructure often deep inside Russia that is crucial to its economy, including several oil refineries and terminals.<\/p>\n