Rubio says there was no US pause in intelligence sharing with Ukraine
Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: October 19, 2026Country: United States
World / InternationalPolitics

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said intelligence-sharing with Ukraine had not been paused, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv’s access had been interrupted and later restored. Ukraine relies in part on Starshield to detect Russian ballistic missiles targeting its cities. Zelenskyy warned that a US deal to import Russian diesel and the planned waiver of sanctions on Russia would harm Ukraine. Rubio said a possible meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping had not been finalized.
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