Zelenskyy IGNORES Trump's warning not to strike Russian refineries

PETER: AIR RAID SIRENS SOUNDING. TODAY AND NIGHT IN UKRAINE'S. CAPITAL CITY. IN A BRAND NEW INTERVIEW WITH. TREY YINGST, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. STANDING FIRM THAT UKRAINE MUST. RESPOND TO RUSSIA'S ATTACKS ON. ITS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. TREY, GOOD STUFF. LYE IN KYIV. GOOD MORNING. IF. >> REPORTER: YEAH, PETER, GOOD. MORNING. AMID FRESH RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON. UKRAINIAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE UKRAINIANS HAVE RESUMED.

THEIR ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN OIL. REFINERIES DESPITE WARNINGS FROM. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOT TO. CONDUCT SUCH STRIKES. >> WE JUST SAW A NEW UKRAINIAN. ATTACK ON A REFINERY IN THE. SAMARRA REGION OF RUSSIA. DIDN'T PRESIDENT TRUMP TELL YOU. NOT THE TARGET THOSE REFINERIES? >> YES. WE HAD DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, DIFFERENT AND SEVERAL WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT ATTACKS ON.

REFINERIES. AND WE ASKED THAT WE CAN'T NOT. RESPOND AFTER RUSSIA'S ATTACK ON. OUR ENERGY, AFTER RUSSIA ISS. KILLING OUR PEOPLE. IF ATTACKS ON OUR ELECTRICITY, GAS REFINERS AND EVERYTHING. WE SAID IF YOU WANT US NOT TO. ATTACK RUSSIA'S REFINERIES, THEY. HAVE NOT THE ATTACK OUR ENERGY.

SYSTEM. AND GIVE US PATRIOT MISSILES, WE. WILL FIND MONEY, NOT JUST AID. YES, DELIVERS AND WE WILL PAY. GIVE US THIS PACKAGE, WE NEED. THE PACKAGE. AND YOU CAN GIVE US ONE MONTH. NOT FOR THREE MONTHS, FOR ONE. MONTH. IF YOU NEED US NOT TO ATTACK FOR. REFINERS ONE MONTH, GIVE ME. PATRIOTS FOR ONE MONTH --. >> Reporter: ARE YOU CONCERNED. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MIGHT SEE. THAT AS YOU TRYING TO LEVERAGE. HIM OR THE AMERICANS? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS.

WHEN I, WHEN I SHARE THE TRUTH. BETWEEN PARTNERS. AND OUR COUNTRIES ARE HUGE. PARTNERS. AMERICAN SOCIETY, HUGE. SUPPORTER. AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO SHARE. WITH PRESIDENT THE TRUTH, THE. REAL SITUATION THAT AMERICA. CAN'T HELP RUSSIA. PRESIDENT CAN'T HELP PUTIN. >> Reporter: THE STRIKES COME. AS THE RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO. LAUNCH MISSILES AND DRONES AT. UKRAINIAN CITIES.

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS FOUR. SEPARATE REGIONS OF UKRAINE WERE. TARGETED OVERNIGHT FOCUSING ON. UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIES RELATED TO. ENERGY, LEAVING HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT. POWER. HERE IN KYIV SIR.