U.S. may have withheld warnings to Ukraine on deadly Kyiv strikes

The U.S. may have intentionally withheld early warnings this week of Russian strikes on Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine "received no advance warning from our partners" when Russia launched a ballistic missile barrage at Kyiv and other locations early Tuesday. The sources said American officials told their Ukrainian counterparts the system used to detect Russian missile launches had failed due to "bad weather." Ukrainian officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the topic, told CBS News they did not believe the excuse, and they accused the U.S. instead of "playing" with the system. When Russia launched another wave of ballistic missiles around 3 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the sources said the U.S. early warning system appeared to be working again. Ukrainian rescuers and paramedics carry a wounded resident at the site of a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Kyiv, Oct. 14, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Genya SAVILOV/AFP/Getty The sources said the U.S. had failed to provide intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches during one previous in...