Russian oil refinery on fire – screengrab social media X.Report fuels major escalation ahead of US’ decision whether to supply Tomahawk missiles to Kiev.As it has been repeatedly stated by Russian officials, a report arises today saying that the US has been helping Ukraine stage long-range strikes deep inside Russian territory ‘for months’.It’s said to be a joint effort to weaken the Russian economy and bring President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times first reported (behind a paywall).Reuters reported:“U.S. intelligence has helped Kyiv strike important Russian energy assets, including oil refineries, far beyond the front line, the newspaper said, citing unnamed Ukrainian and U.S. officials familiar with the campaign.The White House, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office and Ukraine’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. There was no immediate comment from the Russian foreign ministry.”US has for months been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities — FTOfficials call it a coordinated effort to weaken ‘Putin’s economy’ and force him to negotiateUS intel helps Kiev shape route planning, altitude, timing, and mission decisions pic.twitter.com/80UbvOdLKW— RT (@RT_com) October 12, 2025 According to Keith Kellogg, with Donald Trump’s approval, Ukraine has been granted permission to conduct strikes deep inside Russian territory.See the latest updates with us:@StatWatch25 pic.twitter.com/TNcE3i9nG5— The threat of missiles and drones (@StatWatch25) September 29, 2025 The US officially acknowledged participation in strikes on Russian territoryUS Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker confirmed on Fox News: Washington is helping Kyiv carry out long-range strikes on targets deep inside Russia.”We provide capabilities for long-range… pic.twitter.com/SjYyJNJMni— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) August 30, 2025Moscow has repeatedly stated that Washington and NATO are supplying intelligence to Kiev.“’The supply and use of the entire infrastructure of NATO and the United States to collect and transfer intelligence to Ukrainians is obvious’, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters then.The FT said U.S. intelligence helps Kyiv shape route planning, altitude, timing and mission decisions, enabling Ukraine’s long-range, one-way attack drones to evade Russian air defenses.”Watch: The Yaroslavl oil refinery in flames.Burning beautifullyThe Yaroslavl oil refinery, russia’s 5th largestWent up in flames tonight.Built in the swamps – now drowning in fire.Good morning from Ukraine pic.twitter.com/vVknNvT6sc— Angelica Shalagina (@angelshalagina) October 1, 2025Watch: attack of a Russian oil refinery near Samara. “Ahuyet! The shockwave’s about to hit us! Ebat’, that fire’s insane!”Live reaction from a confused Russian as Ukraine’s long-range foreign policy reached Novokuybyshevsk this morning.Target: oil refinery near Samara.Result: refinery BBQ. pic.twitter.com/6qK5cRPMLx— Bandera Fella *-^ (@banderafella) August 2, 2025Read more:Tomahawk Missiles Won’t Change the Course of War in Ukraine, but Will Destroy the US-Russia Relations (VIDEOS)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i