Rubio insists the US isn’t trying to hurt Ukraine
The Ukrainian president complained about delayed air defense deliveries, the U.S. no longer warning of ballistic missile attacks and a slowdown in crucial Starlink services.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted on Tuesday that the United States was not trying to harm Ukraine by withholding information about Russian ballistic missile attacks and delaying the delivery of air defense missiles. Rubio made the remarks during a visit to India, calling reports that the U.S. was not sharing early warnings of Russian missile attacks with Ukraine "outrageous."
He stated that the U.S. Department of Defense policy on sharing early warnings and providing air defense missiles to Ukraine had not changed. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the U.S. of delaying the delivery of missiles that Ukraine had already paid for through the NATO-led Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List program.
Zelenskyy also alleged that the U.S. was not providing early warnings of Russian ballistic missile attacks, which have become more frequent and are causing civilian casualties. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials have complained about internet connectivity issues with Elon Musk's Starlink service, making it difficult to intercept Russian drones.
Despite these tensions, Rubio emphasized that the U.S. was looking into the issues and that there was no deliberate political directive to harm Ukraine. The growing frictions with the U.S. come as President Donald Trump pressures Kyiv to stop attacking Russian oil refineries and to reach a peace deal with Moscow.
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