U.S. to Provide Ukraine With Intelligence for US Missile Strikes Deep Inside Russia

Personally speaking. It makes much more sense to me that the US has approved sending, or has already sent these long range missiles to Ukraine to strike target. The way the article is written suggests otherwise.

WSJ Via Archive.ph

The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American officials said, as the Trump administration weighs sending Kyiv powerful weapons that could put in range more targets within Russia.
President Trump recently signed off on allowing intelligence agencies and the Pentagon to aid Kyiv with the strikes. U.S. officials are asking North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to provide similar support, these people said. The expanded intelligence-sharing with Kyiv is the latest sign that Trump is deepening support for Ukraine as his efforts to advance peace talks have stalled.
It is the first time, officials say, that the Trump administration will aid Ukrainian strikes with long-range missiles against energy targets deep inside Russian territory.
While the U.S. has long assisted Kyiv’s drone and missile attacks, the intelligence sharing means Ukraine will be better able to hit refineries, pipelines, power stations and other infrastructure far from its borders, with the goal of depriving the Kremlin of revenue and oil to sustain its invasion.
The U.S. is also weighing deliveries of Tomahawks and Barracudas and other American-made ground- and air-launched missiles that have ranges of around 500 miles, other administration officials said. No decision on what to send—if anything—has been made, the officials said.

The intelligence, combined with more-powerful weapons, could have a far more potent effect than Ukraine’s previous strikes in Russia, causing greater damage to its energy infrastructure and tying up Russian air defenses. U.S. officials are awaiting written guidance from the White House before sharing the necessary intelligence, one official said

If US officials (military/intelligence personnel) are awaiting guidance before sharing the intelligence… they have the missiles.

The approval to provide additional intelligence came shortly before Trump vented his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a social-media post last week announcing that Ukraine could recover all of its seized territory, U.S. officials said

Trump’s rant was covered on Sept 23/25 here- So the approval to provide intelligence was given prior to that date– That’s more than 10 days ago

Trump Says Ukraine Can Take it All Back from Russia aka “paper tiger”!

Moscow is carefully analyzing U.S. statements about delivering Tomahawks to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday

Tomahawks can carry nuclear warheads or be equipped with specialized bunker busting payloads

–TLAM-N variant: The nuclear version of the Tomahawk was the BGM-109A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile-Nuclear (TLAM-N), which was capable of carrying a W80 nuclear warhead.

–Conventional warheads: The current versions of the missile carry powerful conventional unitary warheads or can be equipped with specialized bunker-busting payload