US threatening to cut off intel, weapons to Ukraine

The Trump administration is threatening to cut off intelligence sharing and weapons sales to Europe for Ukraine should Kyiv not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, multiple outlets reported Monday.

The State Department and the Pentagon made the warnings to officials in Ukraine and Europe over the weekend, with the U.S. military directly communicating the threat to Ukrainian commanders, CNN reported.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

The Financial Times was the first to report on the U.S. warning, which included threats to cut off the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List mechanism for buying American weapons for Ukraine. The initiative is managed by NATO and is used to procure U.S.-produced weapons to be sent to Kyiv.

“They are calling Kyiv … they are calling everyone [in Europe],” an official who received a call from a U.S. defense official told the outlet.

The warnings from Washington follow President Trump’s announcement late last week that the U.S. would purchase 300,000 tons of Russian diesel in an effort to lower fuel prices that have spiked as a result of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.

Trump, however, insists Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries have caused U.S. diesel prices to surge ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lambasted the diesel deal as providing the necessary funding to sustain Russia’s war in Ukraine.

On Sunday, Trump surprised Ukraine by announcing that it and Russia had agreed to what he described as an “energy ceasefire.”

Zelensky said at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland that Ukraine had learned of the deal through news reports.

He wrote on the social platform X that Ukraine supported the proposal but made it clear that Kyiv would not agree to stop its retaliatory strikes without a corresponding halt to Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy system.

On Monday, Zelensky said Russia has continued to strike Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, including a power plant in Kharkiv.