WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that the United States has resumed sharing intelligence with Ukraine after a pause that left Kyiv without warning of incoming Russian ballistic missiles.
“It was blocked for some period of time. And then it was de-blocked by the American side. We are very thankful for this. Now it works,”
Zelenskyy told Reuters reporting of the interview that Ukraine did not see Russian ballistic missile attacks during the interruption, which lasted about three days. The interview was prerecorded and aired Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
“We didn’t see attacks of Russia using ballistic missiles,” he said. “We have dozens of countries who help. But only United States has this unique intelligence to tell our side when Russia uses ballistic missiles. And we didn’t get it during ballistic attacks during three days.”
President Donald Trump had said earlier in the week that Washington was still sharing intelligence, according to Reuters, despite Ukrainian officials saying some Russian strikes had occurred without warning.
Zelenskyy also warned that the United States would make a historic mistake if it formally sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while saying he still sees Trump as an ally.
“We want to trust him,” Zelenskyy said, referring to Trump. “I hope that he will change his decisions, because I think that it’s all mistakes, and it will not help us, and it will not help United States.”
The interview aired two days after Trump waived sweeping new sanctions against Russia that Congress had passed, a decision Zelenskyy criticized in the interview.
Zelenskyy said a separate restriction on Ukraine’s use of Starshield, the military version of the Starlink satellite service, was still in place. Asked whether Trump or Elon Musk had made the decision to limit the service, he said he did not know but thought “both” were involved, and that if Trump lifted the restriction it would work again at once.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, according to NBC News reporting of the interview.
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