The United States tells Kyiv that strikes on Russian oil refineries risk jeopardising intelligence sharing, according to multiple reports. Ukrainian outlets say US envoys warn Ukrainian negotiators in Miami that Washington could suspend or restrict cooperation if Kyiv continues such attacks.
The accounts tie the warning to wider US-Ukrainian tensions over an energy arrangement. One report says the message is linked to President Donald Trump’s engagement with Vladimir Putin on a Russian diesel deal after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised or rejected a unilateral pause on strikes unless a mutual energy ceasefire is agreed. Another outlet reports that a US official denies that any formal threat was made, describing the situation as pressure rather than an explicit ultimatum.
Across the sources, the main difference concerns how directly the US threat is characterised: Ukrainian reporting frames it as a possible cut to intelligence sharing, while a US official disputes the wording and whether a concrete threat was issued.
