Zelensky disputes US resumed intelligence sharing with Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday again called into question whether the U.S. has continued to share intelligence with the war-torn country a day after he said Washington resumed providing Kyiv with such information to ‌help defend against Russian missile strikes .

Zelensky said Russia launched ballistic missiles and drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, with Kyiv receiving no early warning of the attack from partner countries that previously shared such intelligence.

The comments come a day after Zelensky, speaking to NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” said intelligence-sharing had been interrupted but later “de-blocked.”

“We are very thankful for this,” ​he ​said. “Now ⁠it works.”

But on Monday, Zelensky said a major Russian nighttime attack, which included 16 ballistic missiles, damaged more than 10 energy infrastructure facilities across the country. Western intelligence sharing in the past has helped Ukraine counter such Russian barrages.

The attack killed one woman in Kyiv and will deny more than a half-million people light, heating and running water, Zelensky posted to social media.

The Russian Defense Ministry also confirmed what it said was a “massive strike” against Ukrainian targets.

President Trump has repeatedly insisted the U.S. hasn’t stopped intelligence sharing with Ukraine, a stance that Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated on Monday — even as he said he had no information about the Russian attack.

In the same interview with NBC, Zelensky accused the Trump administration of earlier slowing down SpaceX’s Starlink satellite services above Ukraine, saying that “the message came from” the American government to limit the communication tool.

Trump has said that neither he nor SpaceX founder Elon Musk caused an outage of Starlink last week.

There is currently no love lost between Trump and Zelensky, as the Ukrainian president is dealing with Trump’s recent decisions to waive U.S. sanctions on Russia and sign a deal to import Russian diesel, giving the Kremlin a critical economic lifeline in its more than four-year war in Ukraine.

Coupled with the seeming diminishment of Western help — including a reported dearth of intelligence sharing and a slowed Starlink — concerns are growing that Trump may be turning his back on Ukraine after he has repeatedly accused Zelensky of not wanting the war to end.

Zelensky on Monday staunchly denied he was blocking efforts to bring peace, instead blaming Moscow for failing to come to the table in good faith negotiations.

“Ukraine never wanted this war, and we have welcomed literally EVERY attempt by our partners to bring this war to a dignified end. We have responded positively to EVERY ceasefire proposal,” Zelensky wrote.

“The reality is that the war continues, and it continues solely because of Russian strikes and Russia’s desire to drag this war out,” he added.