Ukraine had no intelligence from its partners on missiles aimed at Kyiv, Zelensky says

kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about five Russian ballistic missiles that hit civilian infrastructure in the capital kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, as tensions rise between the Ukrainian leader and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Zelensky did not specify which partners he was talking about. He called the barrage “particularly despicable” and stressed that receiving intelligence from partners about such attacks “helps save lives” and is “one of the most critical issues.”

“This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed – when there is early warning about ballistic missiles,” he wrote in an article on X.

At the White House, Trump told reporters that the United States had not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, saying America continued to do so in hopes of ending the war.

Zelensky’s remarks come days after Trump launched harsh criticism of him, including saying it was time for a new president in Ukraine and that Zelensky had not done enough to end the war. These criticisms mark perhaps the lowest point in their relationship since the disastrous Oval Office meeting in February 2025.

kyiv continues to rely heavily on Washington for military assistance, including Patriot missile defense systems and American-made intelligence services.

The United States has the ability to immediately spot Russian ballistic missile launches, and U.S. officials have in the past notified Ukraine to allow it to issue missile warnings to the public and use air defenses against incoming missiles.

Asked if Ukraine had been given an explanation for the lack of intelligence before the nighttime missile strikes, a senior Ukrainian official said it had been described as a “failure”, suggesting it was the result of circumstances such as weather conditions rather than a deliberate decision. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make an official statement on the matter.

Ukraine struggles to repel air attacks

Russia’s war in Ukraine has seen no major changes on the ground since last year, but Ukraine has struggled to repel Moscow’s intensified air attacks, including fast-moving ballistic missiles and high-altitude jet drones.

Shooting down the missiles has been a challenge due to the shortage of Patriot missiles caused by the U.S.-led war in Iran. Russian short-range Iskander ballistic missiles take only minutes to reach their targets in Ukraine.

Zelensky said Russia had attacked Ukraine with more than 100 weapons since Monday evening. A residential building in the northeastern city of Kharkiv was destroyed, killing four people despite an all-night rescue operation, it said.

Russia has increasingly resorted to attacks on civilian infrastructure such as energy facilities to deprive Ukrainians of electricity, heat and running water during the four-and-a-half-year war, hoping to exhaust public support for Ukraine’s response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

Zelensky says Ukraine respects energy ceasefire

Trump blamed previous Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries on record U.S. diesel prices – rather than the war in Iran – and struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to import diesel from Russia in an effort to lower fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

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Meanwhile, Trump claimed Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in which both sides would refrain from hitting each other’s energy infrastructure. Russia has not confirmed the existence of such an agreement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said only that “contacts continue on this issue.”

Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine had not struck Russian oil refineries or other energy sites in the two days since Trump announced the so-called deal. He criticized Moscow for what he said were Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities and infrastructure since Trump’s announcement.

“These are absolutely clear signals that they do not intend to refrain from hitting Ukraine,” Zelensky said.

The claim that Ukraine has stopped strikes on energy sites could not be independently verified, but neither Russian officials nor the media have reported any Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries since the energy truce was announced.

Strikes on Kharkiv leave 4 dead and 41 injured

Russian strikes across Ukraine caused injuries and deaths overnight from Monday to Tuesday. In addition to the four deaths in the Kharkiv building, 41 people were injured in the city in a single evening, Mr. Zelensky said.

A woman was injured in a Russian strike on a private house in kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, the Kyiv city military administration said. A Russian drone hit a residential building in the village of Murovane, near the western city of Lviv, in an attack on Tuesday morning, Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said.

One person was killed in the kyiv region’s Fastiv district and at least two others were injured in a Russian attack in the area, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration.

A Russian drone struck an educational institution in central Rivne in northwestern Ukraine, injuring 14 people, according to Oleksandr Koval, head of the Rivne regional military administration.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that its forces launched strikes “against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities, logistics centers, railway and port infrastructure, as well as ships involved in the delivery of military goods to Ukraine.”

The ministry also said a bulk carrier heading to the port of Mykolaiv with military cargo on board was struck in the Bug River estuary along the Black Sea.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its air defenses shot down 604 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions and the Sea of ​​Azov.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 417 drones had targeted the Moscow region. Most were shot down in the distance, while 65 were intercepted approaching the Russian capital.

A school, two private houses and a car were damaged in the attack in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said.

Spike reported from Budapest, Hungary.