"The block is out": Zelenskyy ends Ukraine's pause on Russian refinery strikes

Bloomberg News ties the order to Trump's call for an energy ceasefire and a diesel deal with Putin, in a Short that has drawn an unusually busy comment section.

Channel: Bloomberg News Story of October 16, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 54,733 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (4,970).

Zelenskyy Defies Trump, Orders New Russian Refinery Attacks

"Zelenskyy Defies Trump, Orders New Russian Refinery Attacks" is one of Bloomberg News' briefest formats: a narrated Short of a few seconds. It carries a decision with large consequences. Ukraine's president has ended a three-day halt on strikes against Russian oil refineries.

The narration lays out the sequence. "The announcement coming after President Trump called for an energy ceasefire," the narrator says over footage of Trump with reporters. Then come pictures of Trump and Vladimir Putin walking together on a red carpet, as the narrator adds that the order "also comes on the heels of a controversial diesel deal between Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin."

The description goes further than the clip. It quotes Zelenskyy announcing the end of the pause with "The block is out. We're done," and reports that he spoke of betrayal over the diesel deal. He also accused Trump and Elon Musk of restraining Kyiv's ability to defend itself.

That second complaint has its own upload, "Zelenskyy Orders New Attacks, Says Trump Slowed Satellites," which centers on US limits on Ukraine's military use of SpaceX's Starshield terminals.

The refinery Short is the one drawing the audience: about 42,000 views in 14 hours, against the roughly 5,000 a Bloomberg News Short usually gathers over a full first day. Comments are arriving far faster than usual too, with many turning to American purchases of Russian oil and the money sent to Ukraine.

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The numbers

The refinery Short is running far ahead of a typical first day for the channel's Shorts, in both views and comments.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,970

this video

54,733

subscribers

2,860,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,873,670,032

views per day

557,233

typical day: 339,807

the video

views

41,829

likes

533

comments

79

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Bloomberg Television

3,310,000

Principles by Ray Dalio

3,190,000

Grant Cardone

3,140,000

Bloomberg News

2,860,000

Minority Mindset

2,530,000

Riceman

2,480,000

As of October 16, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.