Financial Times: The United States threatens to cut off weapons and intelligence sharing to force Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil plants

European officials revealed that the Trump administration in the United States is threatening to suspend the procurement system that provides weapons to Ukraine to pressure Kyiv to stop its deep attack on Russian energy infrastructure.

The British "Financial Times" reported on the 11th that these European officials who received calls from US officials or received relevant briefings on the 10th and 11th said that the United States is actively lobbying European capitals and Kiev to try to end the Ukrainian army's attack on Russian oil refineries. The White House declined to confirm or comment on the contents of the calls.

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Officials said the U.S. message included cutting off intelligence sharing and threats to cease operating the Priority Ukraine Requests List (PURL) mechanism, a key channel for Ukraine to purchase U.S. weapons.

"They called Kiev... they called everyone [in Europe]," said one official who received a call from a U.S. defense official.

Trump announced on social media on the 11th that Ukraine and Russia had reached a ceasefire agreement and would stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure. The announcement caught Kyiv off guard, as well as European countries whose government had been trying to put pressure on it for days.

Trump wrote on his "Truth Social" platform: "Effective immediately, an 'energy ceasefire' has been reached in the Russia-Ukraine war. Both sides have agreed. Don't break it!" However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office said it had no knowledge of the agreement; it is unclear whether Russia has agreed.

Pavlo Palisa, Zelensky's military adviser and former commander of Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade, said he was also one of the people contacted by U.S. officials.

Shortly before Trump claimed to reach an energy ceasefire, Zelensky reiterated his desire to reach such an agreement in an exclusive interview with ABC News on the morning of the 11th.

The White House also declined to say whether Trump would adopt another of Zelensky's proposals to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a 60-day ceasefire to allow Ukraine to hold elections.