Rubio says no pause in US intel sharing with Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Monday that intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been suspended, stating there has been no pause in the process. While Malay Mail reports that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed a three-day suspension had been "deblocked" by the American side, Rubio urged Zelensky to focus on bringing an end to the war with Russia. During a visit to Uzbekistan to meet with Central Asian officials, Rubio stated that President Donald Trump has made ending the conflict a priority.

Regarding a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv involving ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones on October 19, Rubio told a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent that he did not know exactly what happened. New Voice of Ukraine reports that a 21-year-old woman was killed and five people were injured during the attack, which hit a 25-story apartment building, a medical facility, and infrastructure on the metro’s Red Line.

While some journalist sources reported that Ukraine received no advance warning of the ballistic attack, several monitoring channels reported that the United States warned Ukraine in time. Rubio noted that a software problem had affected the early warning system several days prior but said the U.S. has made no changes to its diplomatic presence in Kyiv.

Brief written by urgent.news from Punch Nigeria, New Voice of Ukraine, The Korea Times, Malay Mail, Euronews — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.