Ukraine also provides intelligence to US, - Senator Vicker
The US not only provides Ukraine with intelligence, but also receives a great deal of information from Kyiv.
This was stated by Roger Wicker, Chair of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Warsaw Security Forum, according to Censor.NET, which cites Ukrinform.
What is known?
"It is a fact that the United States shares intelligence, but we also receive a great deal of intelligence from our Ukrainian friends," he said.
Vicker said that it was a "two-way street".
The senator also emphasised that the world is facing "the most serious and dangerous situation in the field of international security that we have seen since before the Second World War", which is linked to an "axis of aggression" comprising Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
"There is no doubt whatsoever that they are helping one another. Undoubtedly, Russia would not be able to act as it is doing in Ukraine without China’s assistance; so we must recognise this, and this realisation must lead to all parties stepping up their efforts," said Vicker.
At the same time, Donald Trump does not believe that China and Russia are providing substantial assistance to Iran.
What led up to it?
- On 12 October 2026, ballistic missiles were fired at Kyiv, but no air-raid warning was issued in time.
- At the same time, Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga gave assurances that Ukraine continues to receive intelligence from the US.
The US-Russia diesel deal and threats against Ukraine
- On 9 October, US President Donald Trump stated that he had spoken with the Russian dictator Putin, with whom he had agreed on the supply of diesel fuel from Russia to markets in the US and around the world.
- According to him, Russia will "immediately" supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets, a further 500,000 tonnes during November, and another million tonnes "immediately afterwards".
- The US Department of the Treasury has announced that, on Trump’s instructions, the Office of Foreign Assets Control is immediately issuing a temporary general licence to permit the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the global market.
- In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia’s authorisation to sell petroleum products as an "investment in war" and called on the US to hold firm talks with Moscow and impose sanctions under the Lindsey Graham Act.
- Axios reported that, during talks in Miami, US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner allegedly warned the Ukrainian side that access to US intelligence might be cut off if Ukraine continued to carry out strikes on Russian oil refineries.
- On 11 October, President Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine would be prepared to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries if Russia stopped attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
- On the same day, US President Donald Trump announced the start of an energy truce between Ukraine and Russia.
- In a comment to Axios, Zelenskyy said that US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the start of an "energy truce" came as a surprise to the Ukrainian side.
- The President later stated that Ukraine was prepared to refrain from striking at Russia’s energy sector, provided that Russia took similar steps.
