Trump Says US Continues Sharing Intelligence With Ukraine

President Donald Trump said the United States has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, a statement he made as a narrower question drew scrutiny from war-economics analysts: whether a separate truce limiting strikes on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine actually helps the side it is meant to protect. Bloomberg reported Trump's comment on Oct. 13, 2026, alongside an assessment from Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, who told the network the energy truce is likely to benefit Russia more than Ukraine.

Grieco's reasoning centers on money, not territory: if Russian energy infrastructure stays off-limits to Ukrainian strikes, Moscow keeps selling oil abroad and keeps funding the war, she said, according to Bloomberg.

At a Glance

What Did Trump Say About Intelligence Sharing?

Trump said the U.S. has continued passing intelligence to Ukraine, according to the Bloomberg video published Oct. 13, 2026. The clip did not detail the scope, volume or type of intelligence involved, nor did it indicate whether any recent changes had been made to sharing arrangements. Bloomberg's report did not include additional on-the-record comment from the White House beyond the statement captured in the video, and HTT News found no further elaboration in the source material reviewed.

What Is the Energy-Infrastructure Truce Under Discussion?

Grieco, in comments to Bloomberg, referred to a ceasefire specific to strikes on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine — not a broader halt in fighting. The report reviewed by HTT News did not specify when that truce took effect, who brokered it, or how it is monitored. Those mechanics fall outside what Bloomberg's segment addressed; Grieco's remarks instead focused on the practical, economic consequences of such a limited arrangement rather than its origin or enforcement.

Why Would an Energy Truce Favor Russia, According to Grieco?

Grieco said the arrangement benefits Russia more than Ukraine because it allows Moscow to keep selling oil on export markets, generating revenue that helps finance the war, even as Ukrainian energy infrastructure remains protected under the same truce. Her assessment rests on an asymmetry she described to Bloomberg: Russia's war financing leans heavily on energy exports, so shielding that infrastructure from Ukrainian strikes removes one of Kyiv's limited points of economic pressure.

Even if Ukraine can't hit Russian energy infrastructure, there are still ways to inflict damage — including striking travel hubs like airports, Grieco told Bloomberg.

Grieco did not offer a specific estimate of how much oil revenue the truce preserves for Russia, and Bloomberg's report did not include independent figures on Russian export volumes tied to the arrangement. The analysis, as reported, is a directional judgment about incentives rather than a quantified forecast.

What Other Targets Could Ukraine Still Strike Under the Truce?

According to Grieco, Ukraine retains options to pressure Russia economically and militarily even with energy facilities off-limits. She cited travel hubs, including airports, as targets that could still inflict damage on Russia without violating a truce narrowly defined around energy infrastructure, Bloomberg reported. The material reviewed does not indicate whether Ukraine has signaled any intent to pursue such targets — only that Grieco identified them as available alternatives within the stated terms of the truce.

What Remains Unconfirmed?

Several questions sit outside the scope of the Bloomberg report reviewed by HTT News. The duration and enforcement mechanism of the energy-infrastructure truce were not specified. Whether Russia and Ukraine have each formally agreed to identical terms was not addressed. And how any shift in U.S. intelligence-sharing policy — the subject of Trump's remark — might interact with the energy truce was not discussed in the segment. Bloomberg's report centered on two separate threads: Trump's statement on intelligence sharing and Grieco's economic read on the energy truce. The source material does not link the two beyond their appearance in the same report, and HTT News is treating them as distinct developments pending further confirmation from additional reporting.