Media: US Hinted It Could Cut Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine Over Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries

The Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported on 10 October that envoys of US President Donald Trump have pointed to a possible risk of Ukraine losing access to US intelligence during negotiations with the Ukrainian side. The move is reportedly linked to Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries. The report is based on media accounts, and the US administration itself is not quoted.

Intelligence data is an important source of information for Ukraine during the war, so even an indirect hint at halting it during talks is a serious pressure signal. Oil refineries are among the targets Ukraine strikes inside Russian territory.

What is known

The available part of the report says the envoys alluded to this risk during the negotiations. That suggests an indirect warning rather than an officially announced decision. The report does not say which refineries were hit, when the talks took place or what was discussed in detail.

The source also does not state how Ukraine's leadership or the White House responded. The outlet promised to lay out the situation and the positions of the sides in more detail, but this text does not contain them.

Because the information is incomplete and rests on media sources, it remains unclear whether the United States actually plans to limit intelligence sharing and under what conditions that might happen.