Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Washington has greenlit intelligence support for Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, in a package deal that includes intel on refineries, pipelines, and power plants deep inside Russia, not just on the front lines. This is a policy break that comes in the middle of Kyiv’s negotiations for long-range strike capacity and missiles. Moscow obviously views this as proof that the U.S. is a direct party to the war, and there will have to be retaliation (most likely asymmetric forms such as cyber,…