The denial conflicts with earlier reporting by the Financial Times and CNN that Washington warned Kyiv and European allies it could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of American weapons for Ukraine. European officials told the FT that the threats included stopping PURL, the NATO managed weapons procurement mechanism; the White House declined to confirm or comment on those calls. A NATO official said Monday that support through PURL continued to flow.
The dispute centers on Trump’s agreement to allow Russian diesel onto global markets, backed by a Treasury license running through April 7, 2027. Ukraine has offered to halt strikes on Russian fuel infrastructure if Moscow stops attacking its energy system. “If we can be guaranteed protection for our power system, then we will not strike Russia’s diesel infrastructure in response,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.