The United States has resumed sharing critical intelligence with Ukraine to help it defend against Russian missile strikes following a brief interruption, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said.
Zelenskiy disclosed this in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, published on Sunday, saying the intelligence-sharing arrangement had been interrupted but was later restored.
Ukraine relies on US intelligence to detect fast-moving ballistic missiles launched by Russia in waves against its cities. “We are very thankful for this,” he said. “Now it works.”
However, Zelenskiy warned that other US decisions, including a deal to import Russian diesel and the waiver of sanctions on Russia that had been scheduled to take effect this week, could undermine Ukraine’s position in the war.
“If the United States will officially take the side of Russia, of course if these two countries will be together, of course we will not prevail and we will not be able to stand,” he said.
His comments come amid growing tensions between Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump, raising concerns about the future of Washington’s support for Kyiv. Zelenskiy said he hoped Trump would reconsider his decisions and remain an ally of Ukraine.
“We want to trust him, and I hope that he will change his decisions,” he said, adding that the decisions would not benefit either Ukraine or the United States. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said his decisions were aimed at avoiding anything “that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table.”
Meanwhile, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Ukraine receives assistance from Washington that Russia does not, including intelligence-sharing and US munitions supplied to other countries for resale to Ukraine.
However, Bessent did not directly answer repeated questions about whether the United States considers Ukraine an ally. He said Zelenskiy was presenting a false choice by suggesting Ukraine must win the war, arguing instead that the conflict must end through “some kind of a negotiated settlement.”
Boluwatife Enome
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