Volodymyr Zelensky is deliberately driving up global oil prices by striking Russian oil infrastructure, and Americans are paying for it at the pump. Overnight into Sunday, Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones that hit the St. Petersburg oil export terminal and the Ruchyi oil depot, setting both ablaze. One person was killed and others injured. This is not a defensive action. It’s an attack on energy supplies that affects markets worldwide. Trump already called Ukraine’s resumed strikes on Russian oil facilities a disgrace because they keep prices elevated. He pushed an energy ceasefire and reached a diesel agreement with Russia specifically to ease costs for American drivers and businesses. Zelensky ignored that. He resumed and expanded the attacks anyway. The St. Petersburg terminal is a major export facility. Hitting it doesn’t just hit Russia. It tightens supply and raises costs for everyone else, including the United States. Every strike on Russian oil infrastructure undercuts the leverage Trump is trying to use to end the war and keeps fuel prices higher than they need to be. Zelensky isn’t even pretending he prioritizes peace or the economic fallout on allies. Americans are funding Ukraine’s defense while also absorbing the price spikes from its offensive choices. The pattern is clear. He treats oil targets as fair game even when the stated goal is de-escalation. It’s time to put sanctions on Ukraine that restrict the tools and money used for these attacks. Cut the support that enables continued strikes on energy targets until Kyiv stops them and agrees to a real ceasefire. Peace comes from ending the incentives for endless escalation, not from subsidizing more of it. Zelensky has shown he won’t choose that path towards peace on his own. The United States should stop writing checks that help fund the very strikes driving up the cost of gas for American families.