Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said allies failed to warn Kyiv before ballistic missiles struck the capital, while Donald Trump insisted intelligence sharing continues.
Ukraine received no early warning from partner countries before five Russian ballistic missiles struck civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday.
Zelenskyy did not name the specific partner nations involved but called the barrage “particularly vile” and stressed that early intelligence from allies saves lives, PBS NewsHour reported. Speaking at the White House, United States President Donald Trump said the American government has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine and continues to provide information in an effort to end the war.
The intelligence dispute followed a tense confrontation days earlier in which Trump called for a new Ukrainian leader after Zelenskyy criticized an American agreement to buy Russian fuel.
Missing warnings and air defense strains
Kyiv continues to depend on Washington for military support, including satellite tracking and Patriot missile defense systems. American systems can detect ballistic missile launches right away, which normally allows Ukrainian authorities to scramble air defenses and issue public sirens. Russian Iskander short-range ballistic missiles require only minutes to hit targets in Ukraine.
A senior Ukrainian official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the issue publicly, said the lack of warning before the overnight missile barrage was described as a “failure.” The official said the breakdown appeared tied to circumstances such as weather rather than an intentional decision to withhold information.
Ukraine has struggled to counter Russia’s recent aerial assaults of ballistic missiles and jet drones because of a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles caused by the American-led war in Iran. Russia has increasingly directed strikes at Ukrainian power, heat and water supplies during the four-and-a-half-year conflict to wear down civilian resistance.
Deadly attacks reported across Ukraine
Russia launched more than 100 weapons across Ukraine beginning Monday evening, Zelenskyy said. In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, an attack destroyed a residential building, killing four people and injuring 41 others despite rescue efforts that lasted through the night.
Regional officials reported casualties in several other areas. One person died and at least two were injured in the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, while a strike wounded a woman at a private residence in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. A drone struck an educational building in the northwestern city of Rivne, wounding 14 people, and another drone hit a residential structure in the western village of Murovane near Lviv.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its military targeted Ukrainian logistics hubs, rail and port infrastructure, military industrial sites and transport vessels, including a bulk carrier in the Bug River estuary heading to Mykolaiv. The ministry also reported downing 604 Ukrainian drones overnight across Russian territory and the Sea of Azov, including 417 that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said flew toward the Moscow region.
Fallout over fuel and broken ceasefire claims
The friction comes amid disagreements over fuel supplies and refinery attacks. Trump previously blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries for high American fuel prices and reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel, Al Jazeera reported. Under that arrangement, Russia would provide 300,000 tonnes of diesel in October, 500,000 in November and 1 million in December, while the US suspends sanctions on Russian petroleum products until April 2027.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday that Russian export volumes could reach 3.5 million tonnes a month by the end of the year. Zelenskyy objected to the agreement, calling sanctions relief a sign of weakness. Trump argued that Zelenskyy was creating problems for American farmers and ranchers.
Trump also announced on Sunday that both nations had agreed to an energy ceasefire to stop hitting energy infrastructure. While Zelenskyy said Ukraine paused strikes on Russian refineries for two days following the announcement, he said Russian attacks on the power grid proved Moscow had no intention of stopping. The Kremlin hasn’t confirmed a truce, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying only that contacts continue.
