Overview

• Three sources told NBC News the administration plans to provide additional intelligence to help Ukraine target oil and gas infrastructure inside Russia.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said U.S. intelligence support to Kyiv is already routine and warned that any Tomahawk deliveries would trigger a serious escalation.
• Vladimir Putin said in Sochi that supplying Tomahawk missiles would mark a new level of escalation and claimed their use would require U.S. personnel, while asserting it would not change battlefield dynamics.
• A U.S. DIA assessment and Ukrainian officials say Russia has introduced terminal maneuvers to its ballistic missiles, with Ukraine’s interception rate dropping to about 6% in September from 37% in August.
• Ukrainian authorities reported renewed strikes on power infrastructure with service restored in parts of Sumy and repairs ongoing in Chernihiv after large outages.