Kathrine Frich
Trump insisted that American support remains intact.
In modern conflict, timely information is often the best shield a nation has.
When early alerts fail to arrive, questions and blame start flying almost immediately.
Now, a sudden gap in warning time has triggered a public back-and-forth between Washington and an embattled ally.
Warnings fall short
United States President Donald Trump rejected claims on Tuesday that his team cut off intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
According to the Polish Press Agency, the denial came shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky complained that Kyiv got no advance alert before a fresh Russian missile barrage hit the country.
Speaking with journalists before boarding a flight to an Alaska campaign rally, Trump insisted that American support remains intact. “We’re helping them. But what we’re really trying to do is help them come to a definitive answer. We want the war to end,” Trump said, as quoted by the Polish Press Agency.
Soon after Zelensky raised the alarm over the surprise bombardment, Ukrainian officials stepped in to clear the air.
Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha confirmed that Washington is still sending intelligence data to Kyiv. He explained to the Polish Press Agency that the missed alert happened only because Moscow launched “a special type of weapon.”
Trading blame on energy
Despite the deadly strikes, Trump repeated his view that Moscow and Kyiv both want peace, even if neither side knows how to reach a deal. “In the end, everything will work out. You know why? Because it always does,” he declared to reporters.
Questions quickly turned to why Russian forces ignored Trump’s energy truce by bombing Ukrainian power plants.
According to the Polish Press Agency, the president pushed back by noting that Ukrainian forces had “hit a lot of places” just a day earlier.
Later in the call, RMF FM reporter Paweł Żuchowski suggested that Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian officials are simply ignoring the White House. Trump brushed off the idea. He told the Polish journalist that both warring sides “listen” to him now, or soon will.
