By Eniola Amadu
The United States (US) is set to provide Ukraine with intelligence on long-range energy infrastructure targets in Russia, according to two US officials, as Washington weighs whether to supply Kyiv with missiles capable of striking such facilities.
The officials, who confirmed details first reported by the Wall Street Journal, said Washington was also urging NATO allies to extend similar support.
The move marks the first significant policy shift signed off by President Donald Trump since he hardened his position on Russia in recent weeks, reversing earlier suggestions that Ukraine might need to cede territory in order to end the war.
Trump stated last week that he now believed Ukraine could regain all the land occupied by Russian forces, signalling a more assertive US posture towards Moscow’s ongoing three-year conflict with its neighbour.
Washington has been sharing intelligence with Kyiv throughout the war, but the new arrangement is understood to focus specifically on enabling Ukraine to target energy facilities such as oil refineries, pipelines and power plants.
The intention, reports suggest, is to restrict Russia’s revenue streams and weaken its war effort.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded by accusing the US and NATO of openly supporting Ukrainian military planning.
“The supply and use of the entire infrastructure of NATO and the United States to collect and transfer intelligence to the Ukrainians is obvious,” he said.
The US has also been pressing European countries to reduce or end imports of Russian oil, linking this to Trump’s willingness to implement tougher sanctions.
Neither the White House nor Ukraine’s mission to the United Nations immediately commented, while Russia’s mission in New York declined to respond.
Alongside intelligence-sharing, Washington is considering a Ukrainian request for Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have a range of up to 2,500 kilometres – enough to reach Moscow and much of European Russia.
Ukraine is also developing its own long-range missile, known as Flamingo, although production levels remain unclear.
According to US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal, Trump approved the expanded intelligence-sharing shortly before posting on social media that Ukraine was in a position, with European Union support, to win back all its territory.
“I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and win all of Ukraine back in its original form,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The development comes amid ongoing debate in Washington and European capitals over how far to extend support for Kyiv, and whether striking targets deep inside Russia risks escalating the conflict.
