🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Washington reportedly threatens to cut intelligence to Kiev over refinery strikes

Donald Trump went for a diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Zelensky ignored around six US requests to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries, Axios reports, citing sources.

Washington is now allegedly threatening to halt intelligence sharing with Ukraine if the strikes continue.

According to a US official, Washington demanded that Kiev stop the strikes unilaterally because they were pushing up fuel prices in the United States. Zelensky offered to end the refinery attacks in exchange for Russia halting strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, but Trump reportedly did not consider the two equivalent.

"Zelensky is misreading the situation. By continuing to hit refineries, he is destroying the goodwill he built with Trump over the past six months," an Axios source said.

During eight hours of talks in Miami, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner told the Ukrainian delegation that Trump intends to speak with Putin and lift restrictions on Russian diesel exports. A Ukrainian official claims the Americans also threatened to stop sharing intelligence if Kiev keeps ignoring Trump's demands.

Western media have repeatedly reported that US intelligence plays a decisive role in Ukraine's strikes on energy facilities inside Russia.

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