Ukraine continues to hit Russian energy facilities. Now the U.S. is reportedly threatening to stop intel sharing and weapons shipments to Kyiv

Ukraine has kept up strikes on Russian energy sites, and the Trump administration has now warned Kyiv along with European partners that Washington could pull intelligence sharing and block European purchases of American weapons unless those attacks stop. Two European officials shared the details with CNN. The messages went out over the weekend from both the State Department and the Pentagon to officials in Ukraine and across Europe.

U.S. military personnel also contacted Ukrainian commanders directly as part of the same warnings. A separate source familiar with the situation said the United States specifically threatened to end intelligence sharing. The Financial Times first reported the possible cutoff of both intelligence and weapons purchases.

The warnings arrive while President Donald Trump has been angry with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the refinery strikes. Trump has repeatedly pointed to the Ukraine-Russia war as a main reason global diesel prices have climbed and has called on both sides to stop hitting energy targets. The U.S. conflict with Iran has added to those higher prices as well.

Details of the warnings and how they connect to past U.S.-Ukraine steps

On Sunday, Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to what he called an “energy ceasefire.” A source close to Zelensky described the announcement as a surprise.

“Ukraine wants peace. The question is whether Russia does. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have received all the appropriate orders. We are awaiting clear details of the dialogue between America and Russia – and we expect Putin to follow through on what President Trump said,” Zelensky posted on X afterward.

One European official told CNN that intelligence sharing and weapons purchases are “vital” to Ukraine and called the threat a “sad day” for Kyiv and its allies. Carrying out the suspension would hit Ukraine’s defenses right away. U.S. intelligence gives Ukraine the locations of Russian ballistic missile launchers plus information on the path and timing of incoming strikes so Ukrainian forces can prepare.

Weapons purchases run through a system called the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL. Halting those purchases would hit supplies of Patriot interceptor missiles hardest. Ukraine already faces a severe shortage of the interceptors while Russia has increased missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian territory. Another European official told CNN that NATO had not noticed any change in the PURL program as of the weekend.

The Trump administration stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine once before, in March 2025, after a tense meeting in the Oval Office between Zelensky and Trump. The war’s fallout reaches beyond Kyiv, as rising gas prices hit Americans and Trump blames Ukraine, not his war, for the pain at the pump.  Sharing resumed later once Ukraine agreed to a U.S.-proposed ceasefire after talks held in Saudi Arabia.

The latest threats are expected to add more strain to the already fragile relationship between Trump and Zelensky.

In recent days the two leaders have clashed over a U.S. arrangement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to put Russian diesel on world markets. The oil arrangement has drawn sharp political backlash in Washington, as when Trump announced a deal for 300k tons of Russian oil and fellow Republicans joined Democrats to strip him of his power to do it.  A U.S. official previously told CNN that Ukraine’s ongoing refinery strikes were one factor that led Trump to make that deal.

On Saturday, Trump suggested that Ukraine should find a new leader to replace Zelensky.