risk.And Kokkis has told us the US has cut off intel before

When the Trump administration paused intelligence sharing because of tensions between President Trump and President Zelensky, that concerned Ukrainians a lot at the time.

Kokkis has told us how striking oil infrastructure had played into Ukraine's military strategy

Hitting Russian oil refineries are part of a campaign that the Ukrainian military specifically has been focused on so they can weaken Russia's ability to wage war on Ukraine.

So by asking them to stop those, they're putting the Ukrainians in this terrible position where they have to figure out other ways to keep fighting Russia, a country that's much bigger, has more resources than they do, and they just feel betrayed.