Zelensky says US intelligence sharing 'works now' after talks with Trump envoy in Oslo

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   Zelensky says US intelligence sharing 'works now' after talks with Trump envoy in Oslo

   BBC NewsPublished Oct 20, 2026Checked Oct 20, 2026

   “Watch: Zelensky says US military intelligence sharing "works now" Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said US intelligence sharing on deadly Russian missile attacks "works now" after talks with President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff. The meeting in Oslo came after accusations by Kyiv that Washington was withholding key intelligence - a claim rejected as "scandalous" by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Finnish President Alexander Stubb, who also took part in the talks, said "genuine progress" was made on proposals to achieve peace but gave no details and warned that patience would be needed. Zelensky and his European allies said it was now up to Russia to respond to the proposals agreed in Oslo when Witkoff arrives in St Petersburg on Wednesday. Witkoff was not present at the joint press conference after Tuesday's talks in the Norwegian capital. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, another key envoy, took part in the meeting via video link. Russian President Vladimir Putin is yet to publicly comment on the latest developments, but Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier said the Kremlin would listen to what Wiktoff would offer, while ruling out "any political concessions". Relations between Ukraine and the US have soured in recent weeks to the extent that Trump has said it is time for Ukraine to get a new president, and most recently "for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine".”

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   United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war (Wikipedia)

   WikipediaChecked Oct 20, 2026

   “The United States has supported Ukraine during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022, was condemned by the Biden administration, which provided military, financial, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and imposed sanctions against Russia and Belarus. However, the second Trump administration since 2025 has proposed a peace deal and increasingly sought to distance itself from financially supporting Ukrainian resistance. From January 2022 to December 2024, according to the Kiel Institute, the United States has provided around half of all military aid to Ukraine and has spent $119.7 billion on activities related to the Russian invasion, and on other activities including supporting increased US–European presence, Ukrainian refugees in the US, and global food insecurity. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, by the end of September 2024 the United States had allocated $175 billion, related to the invasion of Russia, $106 billion of which went into direct aid to Ukraine, whilst $69 billion remained in the US economy to support US industries.”

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   Ukraine–United States relations (Wikipedia)

   WikipediaChecked Oct 20, 2026

   “Bilateral relations between Ukraine and the United States have existed since January 3, 1992. The United States recognized the independence of Ukraine on December 25, 1991 and upgraded its consulate in the capital, Kyiv, to embassy status on January 21, 1992. In 2002, relations between the United States and Ukraine deteriorated after one of the recordings made during the Cassette Scandal revealed an alleged transfer of a sophisticated Ukrainian defense system to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. In 2009, the United States announced support for Ukraine's bid to join NATO. According to documents uncovered during the United States diplomatic cables leak in 2010, American diplomats consistently defended Ukrainian sovereignty in meetings with other diplomats. Following the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, the United States began to supply military aid to Ukraine and became one of the largest defense partners of the country.”

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   Examining public support for Ukraine's defense against autocratic aggression.

   Nature communications (Rudolph et al.)Published Jan 9, 2026Checked Oct 20, 2026

   “Russia's invasion of Ukraine challenges the liberal international order and tests the capacity of Western democracies to maintain long-term military and financial aid for Ukraine in a foreign war. Understanding whether governments' pledges of resolve are backed by their citizens is crucial for the credibility of these commitments. Here we show, based on survey experiments with 10,011 respondents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy, that these countries' publics share a similar pattern of preferences. In all countries, citizens strongly endorse Ukraine's sovereignty and self-determination while weighing human suffering and conflict escalation risk, but less so economic costs. However, within countries, attitudes are polarized: roughly one quarter of citizens with pro-Western orientations show firm resolve, whereas another quarter with anti-Western views remain largely indifferent to political outcomes for Ukraine. These divisions indicate that democratic party competition could constrain the unity and durability of Western resolve against autocratic aggression.”