Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukraine had been hit by Russian missiles and drones “without any warning from partners.”
Zelensky accused the United States of limiting intelligence and possible other aid to Ukraine amid renewed tensions with President Trump, who accused the Ukrainian leader over the weekend of not wanting to end the war. Trump has significantly softened the U.S. government’s policy toward Russia, easing sanctions and allowing Russia to sell energy in an effort to lower U.S. natural gas prices.
Zelensky said the moves had the potential to embolden Moscow, allowing it to continue and intensify four-and-a-half years of operations. full scale invasion of ukraine.
Zelensky said the latest attacks targeted energy and other infrastructure, adding that clinics, schools, subway stations and “ordinary residential buildings” were also hit.
Zelensky says On Saturday, Ukraine remained unable to use StarShield, an upgraded military version of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite technology, to intercept Russian drones. The network is vital to Ukrainian forces because it allows them to shoot down Russian drone jets and other weapons.
The Trump administration has denied making any changes to the intelligence it shared with Ukraine or intentionally slowing down Star Shield data.
Asked on Saturday whether the U.S. government was responsible for changes to Ukraine’s Starlink service, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was “not sure Zelensky knew what he was talking about, but it was not intentional… We had nothing to do with it.”
“The United States — no one ordered Starlink to be slowed down. It kind of happened, but my understanding is that it has recovered. It’s back to where it was before,” he said, without elaborating on what “it kind of happened” meant.
Denys Sienik, Ukraine’s charge d’affaires and now the top diplomat in the United States, told CBS News in a statement late Saturday that Ukraine still had not received a response from the Pentagon or Musk’s SpaceX about inquiries about Starlink or StarShield services, “including confirmation that unlimited speeds have been restored and that StarShield is operating as before.”
Zelensky posted on X on Monday that “some political agreements have not yet been implemented at the working level,” adding that “there are also delays in the supply of certain types of important supplies at the U.S. War Department level.”
He did not elaborate on claims the Pentagon was delaying shipments of supplies.
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The Ukrainian leader issued increasingly terse statements amid an exchange of accusations with President Trump, who accused Zelensky over the weekend of not wanting an end to the war sparked by a full-scale Russian invasion.
Trump said in a “Truth Society” post that Zelensky “does not want this war to end, and may never end it.”
“Two years ago he could have made a better deal than he did now. His country was in chaos, most of his land was gone, his oceans were gone, his male population was very small, injured and/or dead,” Mr Trump said.
The U.S. president last month lifted sanctions on Russia – sanctions supported by most Republicans and Democrats – that were designed to increase the financial pressure on Moscow over its attack on Ukraine.
“Ukraine never wanted this war to break out,” Zelensky said in a separate statement shared on social media on Monday. “We respond positively to every attempt by our partners to end this war with dignity.”
Just over a week ago, Trump announced in a social media post that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an “energy ceasefire,” which means stopping attacks on each other’s country’s energy infrastructure. Neither Moscow nor Kiev acknowledged agreeing to any such deal, and within hours Ukrainian authorities reported new Russian attacks on refineries.
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Zelensky said Russia’s “time and again” response to diplomatic efforts was new attacks.
“Putin does not want this war to end, or even any measures to de-escalate the situation,” he said. “Putin is eager to prolong the war.” “
At the same time, the Kremlin is trying to portray Russia as a willing partner in peace efforts.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Moscow valued U.S. mediation efforts but that no agreement would be possible without the participation of Kiev’s representatives. There have been direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia brokered by the United States, but so far the outcome has been little more than a prisoner exchange rather than a ceasefire.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Sunday night that Putin proposed a meeting between U.S., Chinese and Russian officials to discuss a solution to the war in Ukraine, but that Ukraine had no seat at the negotiating table. The newspaper said he raised the idea of a summit during a phone call with Trump on October 9.
“A trilateral meeting between the leaders of Russia, China and the United States will only have the opposite effect: encourage Putin to continue this war,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andry Sibiha posted on X on Monday.