The U.S. has agreed to provide Kyiv with intelligence data that will allow long-range missile strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure located far from the border, WSJ reports citing sources.
In the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. has agreed to provide Ukraine with intelligence data for launching long-range missile strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure located far from the border. This was reported by the online publication The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, October 1, citing two unnamed American officials.
This step was taken amid considerations by the Trump administration about the possibility of providing Ukraine with long-range weapons, the authors indicate.
Goal: To Deprive Russia of Oil Revenues
As clarified by Reuters, Washington has long been sharing intelligence data with Kyiv. However, according to the WSJ article, "the new development will facilitate Ukraine's strikes on oil refineries, pipelines, power plants, and other infrastructure to deprive the Kremlin of revenues and oil."
According to WSJ, the U.S. has also approached NATO allies for similar support for Ukraine. Previously, Donald Trump urged European countries to completely abandon the purchase of Russian oil, making this a condition for his administration to impose stricter sanctions on Russia.
Zelensky's Request for Tomahawk Missiles
According to sources from WSJ, the decision to provide Ukraine with additional intelligence data was agreed upon shortly before Trump stated on his social media platform Truth Social that, in his opinion, "Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is capable of fighting and reclaiming" all its territory within its former borders.
On September 26, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported, citing diplomatic sources, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a closed meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the corridors of the UN General Assembly in New York, asked him to provide Kyiv with long-range cruise missiles "Tomahawk."
These missiles are capable of hitting targets at a distance of 2,500 km, allowing strikes from Ukrainian territory on Moscow and much of the European territory of Russia, Reuters reminds.
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