The US has increased intelligence sharing with Ukraine to include information on targets deeper inside Russian territory as part of a strategic shift both countries hope will restart negotiations with Moscow that stalled after the summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska this summer failed to produce a peace agreement, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to push Trump for additional long-range weapons capable of striking targets inside Russian territory when he meets with Trump in Washington at the White House on Friday.
Trump has indicated he is open to the idea in the days leading up to Zelensky’s visit, underscoring how his mindset about the war has changed since the Alaska summit.
The shift to provide intelligence with a focus on energy-related sites and facilities that the Trump administration had previously told Kyiv were off limits occurred following Trump’s meeting with Putin at a US military base in Alaska this summer, bo
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