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Trump Authorizes U.S. Intelligence Support for Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Energy Sites

The decision marks a shift toward targeting Russia’s war financing by enabling attacks on refineries and pipelines.

In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile at Syria as part of an allied strike April 13, 2018. Ukraine wants the U.S. to give it Tomahawk missiles to help its defense against Russia's ongoing invasion.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a bilateral meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025 in New York City. World leaders convened for the 80th Session of UNGA, with this year’s theme for the annual global meeting being “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A view shows the domes of a cathedral and towers at the Kremlin in central Moscow, Russia, May 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
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Overview

  • According to multiple reports, President Trump signed an order allowing the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies to provide Kyiv with targeting data for long-range strikes on energy infrastructure inside Russia.
  • U.S. officials are urging NATO allies to offer similar intelligence support to expand Ukraine’s ability to hit refineries, pipelines and power plants.
  • The administration is weighing transfers of long-range Tomahawk and Barracuda missiles, but officials say no final decision has been made and agencies are awaiting written White House guidance before sharing the new intelligence.
  • The Kremlin responded that the United States already transmits intelligence to Ukraine regularly and reiterated warnings that long-range Western strikes inside Russia would be treated as direct involvement.
  • The policy shift follows Ukraine’s recent attacks that disrupted Russian refining capacity, and comes after Trump said Ukraine could win back all occupied territory, while Vice President JD Vance confirmed Tomahawks are under consideration.