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U.S. Authorizes Targeting Intel for Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Energy Sites

Agencies await written White House guidance before any operational sharing begins.

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

  • President Donald Trump signed an order allowing the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies to help Kyiv target energy infrastructure inside Russia, according to the Wall Street Journal.
  • U.S. officials said Washington is asking NATO allies to provide comparable intelligence support to Ukraine.
  • A separate decision on supplying Tomahawk and Barracuda long-range cruise missiles remains under consideration with no approval announced.
  • The expanded intelligence is intended to help Ukraine hit refineries, pipelines and power plants to reduce Kremlin oil revenue that funds the war.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the United States already transmits intelligence to Ukraine and warned that enabling deep strikes would heighten the risk of escalation.