Ukrainian officials say they suspect the US is intermittently restricting intelligence sharing despite Trump administration denials, allowing Russian projectiles to strike Ukraine without warning — including in a ballistic missile attack on Sunday. The Ukrainians believe the Trump administration throttled back the information-sharing, allowing missiles in a first wave of attacks to get through, then reinstating the early warning system for a second wave of attacks later in the evening, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Another Russian ballistic missile attack came in several waves overnight, and once again, there was no early warning from our partners,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media, saying Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles in an attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region.
The White House and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Asked about the issue on Monday, President Donald Trump said the Ukrainian leader “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” and should have settled the war a long time ago. “We share intelligence, we share a lot,” Trump told reporters. “Don’t tell me about Ukraine. We’ve given a lot to Ukraine. They’ve given us nothing.”
A senior Defense Department official, who was granted anonymity to discuss policy deliberations, said Monday that there had been no shift in Pentagon policy on intelligence sharing with Ukraine. The attack on Sunday was the third strike in the same week in which Ukraine was left without the usual advance warning it receives from US intelligence about incoming Russian attacks. Ukraine has also accused the US of restricting access to SpaceX’s Starshield satellite technology.
