(Reuters) -The United States will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing officials, as it weighs whether to send Kyiv weapons that could put more targets within range.
The United States has long been sharing intelligence with Kyiv but Wednesday’s report said the new development will make it easier for Ukraine to hit refineries, pipelines, power stations and other infrastructure with the aim of depriving the Kremlin of revenue and oil.
U.S. officials are also asking NATO allies to provide similar support, according to the newspaper.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
According to U.S. officials cited by the Wall Street Journal, approval on additional intelligence came shortly before President Donald Trump posted on social media last week suggesting that Ukraine could retake all its land occupied by Russia, in a striking rhetorical shift in Kyiv’s favor.
“After seeing the Economic trouble (the war) is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last Tuesday, shortly after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that Washington was considering a Ukrainian request to obtain Tomahawks.
Tomahawks have a range of 2,500 km (1,550 miles) – easily enough to hit Moscow and most of European Russia if fired from Ukraine.
Ukraine has also developed its own long-range missile named the Flamingo. Quantities are unknown as the missile is in early production.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas; additional reporting by Steve Holland, Michelle Nichols and Abu Sultan; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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