US Resumes Intelligence-Sharing With Ukraine After Temporary Block, Zelenskyy Confirms

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on October 18 that the United States has restored intelligence-sharing with Ukraine after a period during which it had been cut off. "It was blocked for a period of time, and then it was unblocked by the American side. We are very thankful. Now it works," Zelenskyy said.

The pause came amid broader tensions between Kyiv and Washington, including reported U.S. threats to curtail intelligence over Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and concerns about restrictions to the Starlink satellite internet service. The Trump administration had previously warned, around October 13, that it could cut off intelligence unless Ukraine halted such strikes. Zelenskyy had publicly flagged dangerous gaps in advance warnings ahead of Russian ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv as evidence that intelligence flows had already been disrupted.

The resumption marks at least a partial stabilization of the U.S.-Ukraine security relationship at a volatile moment, with Kyiv under pressure on multiple fronts and Zelenskyy expressing mounting frustration over what he described as U.S. pressure on Ukraine while Russia continued to strike Ukrainian infrastructure.