Zelensky laments that Ukraine did not receive intelligence from its allies in the last attack on Kyiv

Zelenski laments that Ukraine did not receive intelligence from its allies in the latest attack on Kyiv The Ukrainian president avoids pointing to the US, but the affirmation comes after Trump threatened to cut cooperation - CAST - ENG BarcelonaAfter a few months when it seemed the relationship between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky had derailed, the statements, announcements, and events of the last days reveal the opposite. On Friday, the President of the United States announced an agreement with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, whereby Moscow is expected to deliver two thousand million tons of diesel to the US over the next two months, which means a significant oxygen balloon for the Kremlin's war economy. That same day, Trump hinted that Ukraine should change its president and threatened to stop sharing information with Kyiv in retaliation for the Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. This Tuesday, Zelensky lamented that his army did not receive intelligence from its allies before the missile attack that struck Kyiv on Monday night. In a message to X, Zelensky avoided directly pointing to Washington, but the affirmation comes shortly after Trump's threats, which also have a precedent: in March of last year, Washington cut intelligence cooperation with Kyiv, after the tense televised meeting between Trump and Zelensky days before the White House. The Ukrainian air forces have informed that they did not receive any information about the launch of Russian missiles Monday night and that for this reason they did not issue an air raid alert in time. Russia launched six ballistic missiles shortly after the ten, but the Ukrainian radar systems did not detect them until the attack had already begun. "Intelligence information about the launches of Russian ballistic missiles helps us save lives," Zelensky stressed. He added that "direct or indirect support to Russia by reducing aid to Ukraine or making it more difficult to save lives from ballistic missiles will not bring peace." "We need strong United States, a strong Europe, and strong allies," he concluded. Overall, later, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andriy Sibiha, assured that cooperation with the US to receive intelligence remains in an effort to calm the waters. He said during a security forum in Poland that the country needs more air defense systems and supplies of energy equipment while Ukraine prepares for another harsh winter. Energy In parallel, Zelensky informed this Tuesday that the Ukrainian army did not attack any oil refineries or other energy facilities in the last two days, after Trump's announcement about a ceasefire in attacks on energy infrastructure. He said that Russia did maintain bombings against this type of infrastructure in Ukraine, although the Russian Ministry of Defense did not mention any energy facility in its daily summary of night attacks. Sunday, Trump announced this limited truce, without Moscow having confirmed its position. This Tuesday, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, limited himself to saying that contacts about a ceasefire are maintained. "An agreement has been reached because I have said that an agreement has been reached," he said hours before the US president. He also urged Zelensky and Putin to meet to "end this ridiculous war" and was again critical of Zelensky's supposed lack of negotiating will, while considering that Putin is willing: "I think what is happening is that he [Putin] wants to reach an agreement, and we have to get Zelensky to want it too." Trump is suffering the lowest popularity indexes a few weeks before the midterm elections in the United States, and at a time when the price of diesel has soared. Accused in a war in the Middle East that has put the world maritime transit in check, especially of energy products, he now opts to attribute the blame for this rampant inflation to the attacks by Ukraine on Russian refineries. Paradoxically, exactly one year ago, the Financial Times published that US intelligence had been helping Ukraine for months to organize long-range attacks against Russian energy facilities, in a coordinated effort to weaken Vladimir Putin's economy and force him to the negotiating table. The intelligence shared with Kyiv allowed for attacks against important Russian energy assets, including oil refineries much further from the front line, according to several Ukrainian and North American officials who explained to the British newspaper.