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Zelenskiy Says U.S. Resumed Intelligence Sharing After Talks in Oslo With Rubio, Dexton, Kushner
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Zelenskiy says US intelligence sharing with Ukraine has resumed after Oslo talks with Witkoff. Ukrainian officials say the program now provides early warning of Russian ballistic missiles.
Oslo, early warning restored
Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that US intelligence-sharing has resumed, enabling Ukraine to receive advance warnings about Russian strikes.
Zelenskiy told reporters in Oslo: “We are grateful that intelligence cooperation is going smoothly… I’m talking here about early warning, which is of utmost importance for our people, for children, adults, and civilians, as we can hear the warnings when a ballistic missile is heading our way.”
Zelenskiy said the change came after talks with American officials, including a phone call earlier that day with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and he held talks in Norway with U.S. special envoys Steve Dexton and Jared Kushner.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said “genuine progress” was made on proposals to achieve peace, while Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stressed that Europe “needs to be at the table” during any discussions about how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Russian drone attacks continued on Tuesday, and Ukrainian officials said at least 10 people were killed, including four in Kyiv and the capital region, four in the eastern Donetsk region, and two in the central city of Dnipro.
Rubio rejects pause claim
Marco Rubio rejected Zelenskiy’s account that Washington paused and then resumed intelligence sharing, and Rubio said, “there's been no pause.” Rubio also criticized Zelensky’s comments while insisting that Zelensky should focus on “bringing an end to this war,” according to the Newsweek report. Zelenskiy, speaking after the Oslo talks, said, “Now it works,” and he added that the early-warning capability is “very important for our people, for children, adults, civilians, because we can hear when ballistic [missiles] is coming.”
The BBC reported that the meeting in Oslo came after accusations by Kyiv that Washington was withholding key intelligence, a claim Rubio rejected as “scandalous.” The BBC said Witkoff is due to meet President Vladimir Putin in Russia tomorrow, while Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier said the Kremlin would listen to what Witkoff would offer while ruling out “any political concessions.”
Patriot, Starlink, and next steps
Zelenskiy said he expects results within the next 48 hours on Patriot interceptors, intelligence sharing, and Starlink restrictions after talks in Oslo, and he described the conversation as substantive and positive.
“‘There can be nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,’ Zelenskyy said in Oslo.”
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Steve Witkoff is set to travel to St. Petersburg to present Russia’s leadership with proposals drawn up during talks with Ukrainian and European leaders in Oslo.
Sergei Lavrov signaled openness to US proposals while strictly ruling out concessions of territory, saying, “it should not involve any political concessions on our part,” according to the Kyiv Post.
Zelenskiy opposed a trilateral summit floated by Putin that would see Putin, Donald Trump, and Xi Jinping meet next month, and Zelenskiy said, “There can be nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.”
The BBC reported that Russian drone attacks continued on Tuesday and that Ukrainian officials said at least 10 people were killed, while Zelenskiy said Ukraine was “ready for negotiations” to end the war.