Trump says US still sharing intel, even as Ukraine reports attacks with no warnings

", the Russians are preparing further ballistic missile launches," he said, adding that the attacks showed Russia did not feel bound by Trump's energy ceasefire. Trump on Sunday announced a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but the warring sides have not confirmed the truce.

Zelenskiy has come under pressure ​from Trump to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries after the US president eased sanctions on Russian diesel exports, arguing the move would help lower fuel prices ahead of next month's midterm ​elections.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump said Washington continued to share intelligence with Ukraine and was working with both Kyiv and Moscow to end the war. "We are ⁠helping them, and we are sharing intel," he said.

Kyiv relies heavily on US intelligence for early warnings of missile strikes and for its own targeting of Russian military sites, experts and officials say. Trump was asked ​whether Russia had violated the ceasefire and answered: "I'll let you know about that later.

"Asked if Russia could use proceeds from the diesel deal to purchase more bombs, Trump sidestepped the question. "That's a diesel deal, not for ​us. That's being released into the world.

That's not being released to us. "ZELENSKIY SAYS SANCTIONS RELIEF WON'T LOWER US PRICESZelenskiy that US intelligence sharing had not stopped, but his generals had been warned that it might be. "My generals level of military people, they've got this information," he said.

NPR said Zelenskiy was careful to avoid direct criticism of Trump, but he did say the decision on diesel sanctions would not affect prices in ​the United States. "I'm sure... because the volume is not enough," Zelenskiy said,.

"But it's quite enough for Russia to spend more... more money, much money, on the war," he added. Zelenskiy ​said Ukraine had not targeted Russian refineries since Trump's announcement on Sunday. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine was still receiving US military intelligence and attributed the delay to the type of weapon Russia had used.

As Ukraine fights a larger, richer and ‌better-equipped enemy, Kyiv has ⁠seen strikes on Russian oil refineries as one of its few instruments to reduce Moscow's ability to fight.

Yet Trump has repeatedly blamed Ukrainian attacks – which prompted Moscow to suspend diesel exports – for a sharp rise in US fuel prices this year, a headache for his Republican Party ahead of the congressional midterm elections in three weeks.

Most analysts say the US war in Iran has had a far greater impact on the price rise, a view echoed by Zelenskiy to NPR."Everybody understands that," he said. Russia struck six Ukrainian energy sites on Monday.

A Kremlin spokesman, asked about the energy ceasefire, would only say that contacts were ongoing, but declined to provide any further details.

In his nightly video address posted ​on X, Zelenskiy said he had sent proposals to ​US officials with a view to new ⁠meetings in coming days with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on ways to resolve the conflict. He said Ukraine supported Trump's announcement of an energy truce provided that Russia observed it.

"We need to work for peace, we need to look for ways to do the proper actions. Ukraine is ready for meetings," he ​said. Earlier, Zelenskiy reiterated Ukraine's position, saying that Kyiv was ready for reciprocal steps to de-escalate, calling on partners to pressure Russia.

A Ukrainian delegation held talks ​in the United States last week ⁠and people familiar with the meeting said Witkoff and Kushner to allow Russian diesel exports was part of a bid to draw Russia back to negotiations.

UKRAINE SAYS IT NOW HAS CARDS TO PLAYFabian Hoffmann, a missile expert at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, said Ukraine's European allies had "very limited" ability to replace US early-warning intelligence about Russian missile strikes.

"Ukraine relies on the so-called Space-Based Infrared System which the US deploys – and ⁠the US system ​is really second to none and only the United States can provide that," he said.

Sybiha said the US request to halt ​attacks on Russian refineries showed how Ukraine's position had strengthened, alluding to Trump's comment to Zelenskiy in a tense Oval Office meeting last year that "you don't have the cards". "In less than two years, we have gone from 'having no cards' to 'not playing your cards'.

That ​is an achievement," Sybiha said.