US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington continued to share intelligence with Ukraine, as Kyiv reported fresh Russian missile attacks and accused Moscow of disregarding an energy ceasefire announced by the US president over the weekend.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv, targeting a thermal power plant. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a strike on a high-rise apartment building killed two people.
“Once again, no advance warning from our partners,” Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram, without explaining why the warning had not arrived.
He added that Ukrainian intelligence indicated Russia was preparing further ballistic missile launches, arguing that the latest attacks showed Moscow was not treating the proposed energy truce as binding.
Trump announced the ceasefire initiative on Sunday, but neither side had publicly confirmed a mutually agreed truce.
Trump Says Intelligence Sharing Continues
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump said the United States was still providing intelligence to Ukraine and working with both Kyiv and Moscow to end the war.
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“We are helping them, and we are sharing intel,” he said.
Ukraine relies heavily on US intelligence for early warnings of incoming missile strikes and for identifying Russian military targets, according to officials and experts.
Zelenskiy also told NPR that intelligence sharing had continued, although Ukrainian military leaders had been warned that it might be interrupted.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha likewise said Ukraine was still receiving US military intelligence. He suggested the absence of an advance warning may have been linked to the type of missile Russia used.
Asked whether Russia had violated the ceasefire, Trump said, “I’ll let you know about that later.”
The Kremlin, meanwhile, said contacts were continuing but offered no further details about the proposed energy truce.
Zelenskiy Questions Russian Diesel Sanctions Relief
The dispute comes as Trump faces pressure over rising US fuel prices ahead of congressional midterm elections scheduled for November.
Trump has urged Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries. His administration also eased sanctions on Russian diesel exports, arguing that releasing additional supplies onto global markets could help reduce fuel costs.
Zelenskiy questioned whether the move would meaningfully lower prices in the United States.
In an interview with NPR, he said the volume of diesel involved was insufficient to significantly affect US prices but could provide Russia with additional revenue to finance its war.
Zelenskiy said Ukraine had not targeted Russian refineries since Trump’s Sunday announcement.
Trump sidestepped a question about whether Russia could use revenue from diesel exports to purchase more weapons, saying the fuel was being released onto the global market rather than supplied directly to the United States.
Analysts have generally attributed much of the recent rise in fuel prices to the US war in Iran, rather than Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. Zelenskiy echoed that assessment in his NPR interview.
Russian Strikes Hit Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure
Russia struck six Ukrainian energy facilities on Monday, according to the report, adding to concerns over the country’s power infrastructure.
Ukraine has used attacks on Russian oil refineries as one of its main means of disrupting Moscow’s war effort and reducing revenue from energy exports.
However, Kyiv’s reliance on US intelligence creates uncertainty over its ability to detect and respond to incoming Russian missile attacks if Washington reduces support.
Fabian Hoffmann, a missile expert at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, said European allies had very limited capacity to replace the US system for early warning of Russian missile launches.
He pointed to the US Space-Based Infrared System, which detects missile launches using satellite sensors, as a capability that Washington is uniquely positioned to provide.
Kyiv Seeks Further Talks With US Envoys
Despite the latest attacks, Zelenskiy said Ukraine remained ready for diplomatic engagement.
In his nightly video address posted on X, he said he had sent proposals to US officials for further meetings in the coming days with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Zelenskiy said Ukraine supported Trump’s proposed energy truce on the condition that Russia also observed it. He reiterated Kyiv’s readiness to take reciprocal steps to reduce tensions and called on international partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
A Ukrainian delegation held talks in the United States last week. People familiar with those discussions said Witkoff and Kushner presented the Russian diesel arrangement as part of an effort to bring Moscow back to negotiations.
Sybiha said Washington’s request for Ukraine to halt refinery attacks reflected a stronger Ukrainian position in negotiations. Referring to Trump’s criticism of Zelenskiy during a tense Oval Office meeting last year, he said Ukraine had moved from being told it had “no cards” to being in a position to decide how to use them.
The latest developments highlight the challenges facing diplomatic efforts to end the war, as missile attacks continue and disagreements persist over sanctions, military intelligence and the conditions for a possible ceasefire.
