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**Makes sense!**

##### [**Financial Times**](https://www.ft.com/content/f9f42c10-3a30-4ee1-aff7-3368dd831c8c)

**The US has for months been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities, in what officials say is a co-ordinated effort to weaken Vladimir Putin’s economy and force him to the negotiating table.**

**American intelligence shared with Kyiv has enabled strikes on important Russian energy assets including oil refineries far beyond the frontline**, according to multiple Ukrainian and US officials familiar with the campaign.

The **previously unreported support has intensified since midsummer** and has been crucial in helping Ukraine carry out attacks that Joe Biden’s White House discouraged. Kyiv’s strikes have driven up energy prices in Russia and prompted Moscow to cut diesel exports and import fuel.

> `<strong>The intelligence sharing is the latest sign that Trump has deepened his support for Ukraine</strong> as his frustration with Russia has grown.`

The shift came after a phone call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in July, when the FT reported **the US president asked whether Ukraine could strike Moscow if Washington provided long-range weapons.**

**Trump signaled his backing for a strategy to “make them \[Russians\] feel the pain”** and compel the Kremlin to negotiate, said the two people briefed on the call. The White House later said Trump was “merely asking a question, not encouraging further killing”.

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The US intelligence helps Kyiv shape route planning, altitude, timing and mission decisions, enabling Ukraine’s long-range, one-way attack drones to evade Russian air defences, said the officials familiar with the matter.
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Three people familiar with the operation said **Washington was closely involved in all stages of planning.** A US official said Ukraine selected the targets for long-range strikes and Washington then provided intelligence on the sites’ vulnerabilities.

But others involved and briefed on the operations said the **US had also set out target priorities for the Ukrainians**. One of them described Kyiv’s drone force as the “instrument” for Washington to undermine Russia’s economy and push Putin towards a settlement.

**Washington has long shared intelligence with Kyiv to assist in attacks on Russian military targets in occupied areas of Ukraine, and to provide advanced warning of Russian missile and drone strikes**

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov earlier this month said it was ***“obvious” the US and Nato were providing intelligence to Ukraine “on a regular basis”*** including for strikes on Russian energy targets.

On Sunday night, **Trump told reporters the US might send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Putin did not come to a settlement.**

***“I might say, ’Look: if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks,”*** Trump said.

***“The Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, very offensive weapon. And honestly, Russia does not need that.”***

**The global population doesn’t need that!**