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- Trump told reporters Tuesday that Washington continues sharing intelligence with Ukraine, saying 'We are helping them, and we are sharing intel,' though Zelensky told NPR his generals had been warned it might stop.
- Zelensky reported Russia's ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv hit a thermal power plant and a high-rise apartment building that killed two people, noting 'no advance warning from our partners' and accusing Russia of violating Trump's weekend energy truce.
- Trump on Sunday announced a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire that neither warring side has formally confirmed; a Kremlin spokesman would only say 'contacts were ongoing,' and Russia struck six Ukrainian energy sites on Monday.
- Ukraine has not targeted Russian oil refineries since Sunday's announcement, per Zelensky, while Trump eased sanctions on Russian diesel exports — a move Zelensky said lacks volume to move U.S. prices but is 'quite enough for Russia to spend more...much money, on the war.'
- Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies missile expert Fabian Hoffmann warned European allies have 'very limited' ability to replace the U.S. Space-Based Infrared System, calling it 'second to none and only the United States can provide that.'
- Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha pointed to Ukraine's improved leverage, alluding to Trump's 2025 Oval Office 'you don't have the cards' remark: 'In less than two years, we have gone from having no cards to not playing your cards.'
Why it matters: Trump is publicly affirming continued U.S. intelligence cooperation with Ukraine even as his administration privately warned Kyiv it could be cut off, while simultaneously pressing Ukraine to halt refinery strikes he blames for U.S. fuel price spikes before November midterms. Russia's continued strikes on six Ukrainian energy sites Monday and fresh ballistic missiles on Kyiv suggest the 'energy ceasefire' he announced Sunday is already fraying — and Zelensky is walking a tightrope of not publicly criticizing Trump while defending Ukraine's leverage.
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