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US has warned that it may suspend sharing of intelligence due to strikes on oil refineries in Russia, – Zelenskyy
The Trump administration has warned that it may halt the exchange of intelligence with Ukraine if Kyiv does not stop its attacks on oil refineries in Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made this statement in an interview with NPR, according to Censor.NET.
What is known?
"My generals told me that they had received this information at military level," said the president.
Zelenskyy also said that he had learnt about Trump’s "energy truce" via social media.
The situation regarding US intelligence
- On 10 October, the American publication Axios reported that Donald Trump’s representatives, Stephen Witkoff and Jared Kushner, may have threatened to halt the sharing of intelligence due to Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries. However, Witkoff denied reports of such threats.
- On the evening of 12 October, the Russians attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles; explosions were heard before the air-raid siren was sounded. The missiles struck civilian infrastructure.
- On 13 October, Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the previous day, during the strike involving five ballistic missiles on Kyiv, Ukraine had not received any intelligence from its partners regarding the launches of the targets.
- At the same time, Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, assured that Ukraine continues to receive US intelligence.
