White House Could Not Confirm Continuation of Intelligence Sharing with Ukraine

The White House could not answer whether the United States continues to share intelligence with Ukraine amid reports of threats from Washington to stop cooperation due to Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries.

This became known on Tuesday, October 13, during the first briefing of the new White House press secretary Katie Zachariah. A video clip of her answer was published on the official account of the American administration on social network X.

Journalists asked the White House representative whether the United States had stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine.

Zachariah could not confirm or deny the cessation of intelligence exchange. She said she needed to verify the information and provide an answer later.

Thus, at the time of the briefing, the American administration had not clarified whether the level of intelligence cooperation with Kyiv had actually changed. At the same time, the lack of an answer from the press secretary does not in itself indicate a cessation of information sharing.

Earlier, American media reported that the administration of US President Donald Trump repeatedly demanded that Ukraine stop strikes on Russian oil refineries. After Kyiv's refusal, Washington representatives, according to journalists' sources, considered stopping intelligence exchange and limiting supplies of American weapons.

In particular, Financial Times, citing European officials, reported that the American side warned of the possibility of suspending the PURL mechanism, through which European allies purchase US weapons for Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent also reported, citing two Ukrainian officials, that corresponding warnings were sent to representatives of the Ukrainian military and political leadership. However, one American official previously denied information about threats during negotiations in Miami, as Axios wrote.

Against the backdrop of these reports, on October 13, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Kyiv did not receive advance warning from partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on the capital on October 12.

At the same time, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that intelligence cooperation with the United States continues. According to him, the delay in the air raid alert during the last attack was due to the characteristics of the weapons used by Russia.

Separately, Zelensky said that after Trump announced an energy ceasefire on October 11, Ukraine refrained from strikes on Russian refineries and other energy facilities for two days.

However, according to the Ukrainian president, Russia continued to attack Ukraine's energy and critical infrastructure. During this period, 19 regions of the country were hit by Russian strikes.

Kyiv declares readiness for a mutual cessation of strikes on energy facilities, but insists on compliance with similar restrictions by Moscow.

Thus, there is no official confirmation of the cessation of American intelligence support to Ukraine. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry claims that cooperation continues, while the White House has not yet given a direct answer about its current status.

Sources: White House, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Kyiv Independent, Axios, Current Time.