# Zelenskyy Thanks Trump for Intelligence Sharing After Starlink Message > Zelenskyy credits Trump for resuming intelligence sharing after US throttled Starlink to send a message. - Title: Zelenskyy Thanks Trump for Intelligence Sharing After… - Summary: Zelenskyy credits Trump for resuming intelligence sharing after US throttled Starlink to send a message. Zelenskyy thanked Trump for resuming intelligence… - Keywords: zelenskyy, trump, starlink, intelligence sharing, russia, ukraine, missile strikes, power infrastructure, drones, lithuania, news, world - Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/killed-injured-russia-ukraine-strikes-power-infrastructure - Published: 2026-10-18T16:37:52+00:00 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: zelenskyy, trump, starlink, intelligence sharing, russia, ukraine, missile strikes, power infrastructure, drones, lithuania, news, world ## Zelenskyy thanks Trump for intelligence sharing Zelenskyy thanked Trump administration for resuming intelligence sharing after US throttled Starlink to send a message about Russian missile threats. > Zelenskyy said his country’s recent Starlink problems were ‘a message from [the] American government’ ## US throttled Starlink to send message Zelenskyy said US intentionally throttled Starlink to limit speed for drone operations and air defense missions. > It was a message from [the] American government to limit the speed ## Two killed, 17 injured in power strikes Two people killed and at least 17 injured as Russia and Ukraine traded strikes on power infrastructure. > Two people were killed and at least 17 injured as russia and ukraine continued to trade strikes on each other’s power infrastructure ## Zelenskyy criticizes Trump’s actions Zelenskyy called Trump’s actions reckless and said he hoped for changes to avoid war escalation. > We want to trust him and i hope that he will change his decisions ## US treasury secretary disputes claim US treasury secretary Bessent said Zelenskyy was reckless to accuse Trump administration of throttling Starlink. > President zelenskyy should be very careful about making statements like this that aren’t true ## Trump claims Zelenskyy doesn’t want peace Trump wrote on Truth Social that Zelenskyy doesn’t care about ending war and probably never did. > Zelenskyy doesn’t care, and frankly, with all of the money that europe is famously giving him … he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did ## Ukraine strikes Russian oil terminal Ukraine attacked St Petersburg oil terminal with over 1,000 drones causing 145 drones shot down and 20,000 without power. > One person was killed and fifteen wounded overnight after ukraine used more than one thousand drones to target russian oil depots ## Lithuania red alert due to drones Lithuania issued red alert after unidentified flying object entered airspace causing nato scramble. > Fears that the conflict could be spilling over into nato’s borders were stoked again on sunday morning after lithuania told residents in central and northern parts of the country to seek shelter for about an hour ## Russia downed 1,015 drones Russia downed 1,015 Ukrainian drones overnight as part of systematic strikes on ukrainian infrastructure. > The russian defence ministry said its air defence units had downed one thousand one hundred fifteen ukrainian drones around the country overnight ## Trump pauses sanctions on Russia Trump paused sweeping sanctions on Russia claiming it was in national interest. > We’ll figure it out, and you’ll figure it out ## Zelenskyy blames Russia for blackouts Zelenskyy said Russia caused blackouts in four regions affecting tens of thousands without power. > He also said that the previous night alone, energy facilities in four ukrainian regions had been attacked and tens of thousands of families were still without power ## Zelenskyy calls for peace pressure Zelenskyy stressed war continues due to Russian invasion, not Ukrainian defense, urging pressure for peace. > It is russia that must face pressure for peace to have a chance ## Key takeaway Zelenskyy thanked Trump for resuming intelligence sharing after US throttled Starlink to send a message about Russian missile threats.