U.S.-Ukraine Relations Keep Souring. Zelenskyy Now Accused the Trump Admin of Holding Up Key Missiles.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Trump administration is holding up key missiles that Europe has already paid for as relations between the two governments continue to sour.

Speaking with U.S. senators on Monday, Zelenskyy said the Pentagon is "delaying the delivery of" Patriot missiles, which Kyiv uses to intercept Russian projectiles.

"The missiles are ready and they could already be in Ukraine," Zelenskyy added, claiming that "unfortunately, there is still no approval." A report from last week claimed that Ukraine had already ran out of Patriots.

It is the latest instance in which the Ukrainian president criticizes President Donald Trump or his administration over their increasingly fraught relationship and its consequences for Ukrainian readiness.

Zelenskyy told Bloomberg on Sunday that he believes "steps have been taken to convince Ukraine to capitulate."

"I am not saying that this is the goal our partners are pursuing," he added, saying he did not want to believe American officials thought the war could end sooner at Ukraine's expense. "But that's how it looks."

Serhiy Derkach, Ukraine's first deputy minister for recovery, infrastructure and transport, also said this week that Russia is intensifying attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure as new restrictions on the U.S.-owned Starlink satellite network weaken Kyiv's military capabilities.

"With U.S. limiting the use of Starlinks on the battlefield, Russia feels that this is their moment to try and inflict even more pain and suffering on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure," Derkach said.

According to Derkach, Russian forces have increased strikes targeting bridges in Kyiv, threatening transportation links serving nearly 2 million people living on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.

The decision to limit Starshield, according to a new report, came from inside the White House.

Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters detailed that leaders at the Defense Department got a message saying that the system needed to be slowed down. They did not specify who made the decision or relayed the order.

Trump has called Kyiv's decision to resume attacks against Russian refineries a "disgrace." Zelenskyy, on his end, said the decision was a result of Moscow not abiding by an energy ceasefire declared by Trump earlier this month.

"Zelenskyy is not a good guy for us to deal with" Trump added. "I think they actually both would like to see it end, but I think I find Zelenskyy to be more difficult to deal with than (Russian President Vladimir) Putin."