Zelensky did not say how long the block lasted or whether the exchange had been restored in full, Bloomberg reported. He said he hoped to hold talks with the American side next week.
In an interview with NPR on October 14, Zelensky confirmed that Donald Trump's administration had threatened to cut off intelligence sharing if Ukraine kept striking Russian oil refineries. According to him, American officials passed the warning to Ukrainian military commanders rather than to him personally.
On October 12 and 13, Kyiv received no warnings of Russian ballistic missile launches, and air raid alerts in Ukrainian cities were sounded only after the first explosions. Trump denied halting intelligence sharing, saying the US was continuing to help Ukraine.
Military analyst David Sharp earlier told The Insider that American satellites detect ballistic missile launches almost immediately after their engines ignite. According to him, Ukraine has no alternative source of warnings that early: the capabilities of other countries and of ground-based radar systems are limited.
On October 15, Zelensky announced the resumption of strikes on Russian refineries after a three-day pause that Kyiv had agreed to at the US's request. He explained the decision by saying Russia had continued attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure despite the "energy truce" declared by Trump on October 11.
On October 18, Zelensky said Russia had attacked Ukrainian energy and oil and gas facilities 76 times in the week since the truce was announced. Overnight alone, strikes hit substations in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa regions.
According to Zelensky, tens of thousands of families remain without electricity. Over the week, Russian forces fired almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 66 missiles, the Ukrainian president said.