Ukraine claims major Russian oil refinery hit, hours after Zelenskyy, Trump meeting

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian officials said Wednesday the country's forces hit one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries overnight in its latest deep strike as Kyiv extended economic, military and diplomatic pressure on Moscow.Ukraine’s almost daily long-range drone and missile strikes using domestically developed weapons have battered Russian oil facilities and brought a fuel crisis that is embarrassing the Kremlin more than four years after Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor.The overnight attack started a fire at the Ryazan refinery, which has a capacity of about 17 million tons of oil per year, producing gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel and other petroleum products, according to Ukraine’s General Staff. The refinery is about 400 kilometers (180 miles) from Ukraine.The attack came hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington on Tuesday for talks with President Donald Trump in another step in recruiting more vital U.S. help for Ukraine’s fight against its much bigger enemy.Ryazan Gov. Pavel Malkov said six people were taken to hospital after a drone attack. He said drone debris caused fires at unidentified “industrial sites.”“Russia must feel that every day o...