Zelenskyy Kept Trump In The Dark And Didn't Tell Him About Attack On Russian Bombers

[riversedge]

Source: politicususa.com




Likely because Trump could not be trusted, Ukraine did not tell the Trump administration about their planned strategic attack on 41 Russian bombers.

Jason Easley Jun 01, 2025



Zelenskyy and Ukraine understand a fundamental truth. Since Donald Trump took office, the United States can no longer be trusted to act in the best interest of democracies around the world.

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Axios reported:

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Ukraine did not notify the Trump administration of the attack in advance, a Ukrainian official said. A U.S. official also told reporters the Trump administration was not made aware of the attack.

A Ukrainian official told Axios the operation was conducted by the country's security service and was planned for more than a year.

Read more: https://www.politicususa.com/p/zelenskyy-kept-trump-in-the-dark

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I am glad the Trump was not told.

Zelenskyy Kept Trump In The Dark And Didn't Tell Him About Attack On Russian Bombers

www.politicususa.com/p/zelenskyy-...

— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2025-06-01T22:30:42.298Z

[Deuxcents]

1. TSF turned his back on Z and there's no reason why he should have to tell him his battle plans.

One bitten twice shy kinda thing… but in military terms. Good on Ukraine 🇺🇦

[DENVERPOPS]

35. After Trump and Jared

No nation, especially NATO nation, will EVER share ANY intelligence with the U.S. Again
Trump is quickly ended his military information and usefulness to Putin..............

Ukraine is exhausting Russia's supply of everything military, and Putin has no money to buy or make replacements......

[The Madcap]

2. Might be the time to reveal a false operation

Document it in advance and release the story to the press after the present administration betrays them to Putin.

[SheltieLover]

3. Yup

[Callie1979]

27. Just thought the SAME THING after reading the headline.

Although reading the initial story elsewhere my first thought was "they must not have told the US"

[FuzzyRabbit]

42. I suspect they've probably already done this.

[orangecrush]

97. BINGO

[Lovie777]

4. shithole would have told Putin...

tusi is a Russian agent. I’m pretty sure NATO ain’t sharing much intelligence.

[Srkdqltr]

5. Trump has a big mouth.

[Callie1979]

28. And thats all

[moniss]

6. Keeping information away from

Crumb the 1st means keeping it away from Putin.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Zelensky could pass false information to Trump and see if filters to Moscow; and I don't mean Moscow Mitch.

[Hornedfrog2000]

62. Lol!

There is literally no point to it. It would only prove one thing. Republicans wouldnt care about trump selling out Ukraine. We all know who Krasnov works for..

[murielm99]

8. I'll bet Z is not the only one who

doesn't keep TSF fully informed. TSF would blab everyone's business to Putin.

[Bok_Tukalo]

9. Did Ukraine tell anyone?

If not, then this is an attempt to create conflict and drama where none exists. If Germany, Poland, France, etc knew but the US didn’t, then it is a story. If not, this is bullshit clickbait hackery.

[House of Roberts]

21. The conflict isn't between Ukraine's European allies and Trump,

the conflict is between would Zelensky have told Biden (or Harris), and the fact that he wouldn't tell the biggest security risk in the so-called free world.

[BidenRocks]

54. Need to know only!

The world does move on without our meddling.

[MadameButterfly]

87. Trump isn't just a security risk

He's for Putin and against Ukraine. Why would you tell your enemy your battle plans? If you want to be included, you have to act like an ally. (Besides not b eing a security risk).

[Trueblue Texan]

94. I have never understood how TSF can openly support Putin...

...and openly betray Ukraine, a nation we have supported with billions in arms in their war against Russia, and not be considered a traitor under the law. I guess since he "is the government" it doesn't matter.

[MadameButterfly]

99. It's the opposite of what their hero Reagan stood for

Fighting the 'Evil Empire." They still spout anti-communism while supporting a guy from the KGB.

It turns out the leaders of the GOP don't believe in anything but their own power and wealth, and the base can be snookered into anything.

[GregariousGroundhog]

89. Zelensky did not inform Biden prior to Ukraine's Kursk incursion last autumn

If Kamala had won, I doubt Zelensky would have told her about this drone strike. There is a lot to lose if this sort of information leaks and little to gain by sharing it with their allies.

[House of Roberts]

90. Hard to say, based on the little we are privy to.

But the distance inside Russia these attacks occurred, and the concern for providing weapons with the range to strike deep into Russia earlier in the conflict, a heads up to one's allies that a strike this deep would take place would give those allies the chance to get their story straight when the news broke. We're finding out, once again through proxy, the tactics that will be seen in future wars, and how expensive machines can be neutralized on the cheap.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Loose lips sink ships.

[Buddyzbuddy]

15. And we all know, the Felon has the loosest lips when it comes to Putin.

Oh my.

[colorado_ufo]

29. Except when they're stuck to Putin's butt.

[riversedge]

11. Next time in White House @ZelenskyyUa will wear a suit.

Recall that when Zalenskyy left the WH, Trump said he did not have all the cards!!


Next time in White House @ZelenskyyUa
will wear a suit.

Link to tweet

[Sneederbunk]

19. Includes the King of Drones.

[proud patriot]

12. I have so much respect for Zelinsky

He's a smart man.

I miss the days when we had a president who could read and play chess.

[ImNotGod]

13. Z is a smart, steadfast courageous leader. The Complete opposite of tRump. nt

[Nictuku]

14. That is interesting, I saw the opposite earlier today

In all the reporting on this that I've been listening to, I recall someone reporting that the US was told about it, and didn't stop it.

However, when I just tried to find something to back that up, I only saw articles about the event itself.

On a few websites, that I don't consider 'reliable', I see it being reported that Trump was not notified.

I'd love to know the truth to the matter. Recent reporting has said that TSF doesn't even listen to daily briefing by intelligence. So maybe that is why. Or... equally interesting, it could be that someone in the US military was notified about it, but the info was withheld from TSF (because he can't be trusted), but that is just speculation on my part. If I see any more info about it, I'll post the links here.

In the politicusa.com article (above, but from Axios), it just says 'A Ukrainian Offical' and 'A US Official', but no names.

The Truth is Out There (and I want to know it!) Keeping my mind open at the moment on this. I kind of like the idea of Ukrainians putting out a false flag that would force Russia to show if someone leaked it to them. But that is another story for another time.

In the mean time: Slava Ukraine!

[Callie1979]

30. It WOULD be nice if we WERE told & kept it secret.

But I'd bet my neighbors paycheck that they DIDNT tell us. And for damn good reasons.

[sl8]

34. The original version of the Axios article reported that the US *was* notified.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250601154849/https://www.axios.com/2025/06/01/ukraine-drone-strikes-russia

[Nictuku]

40. Yes, and I just heard (on a youtube video by Greg Terry) that Axios withdrew its earlier reporting.

[Prairie Gates]

50. "I recall someone reporting that the US"

"I recall" is quite the citation for something that happened literally today.

[Nictuku]

57. I watched about 20 videos on Ukraine today,

I couldn't recall which one it was that reported - what was first reported by Axios (that the US /was/ told), and then later reversed by Axios - (See above post with link to original article before the change)

I can list all the videos channels with Ukraine updates that I watch daily if you like, (but I didn't think that would help anyone, really): Warthog, Jake Broe, Professor Gerdes, Greg Terry Experience, Reporting from Ukraine, Operator Starsky, Denis Davydov, Artur Rehi, and Ukraine Matters.

Seriously, I couldn't recall which channel I had seen the report that the US /had/ been told. But I know I heard it and wanted to know the truth of the issue. That is why I tried to look it up independently, and couldn't find it. By that time Axios had already recalled it.

Hopefully that settles your dilemma, or would it be better if I just shut up and not make comments at all on what I /know/ I had heard earlier in the day - / for dread of having to face comments bathed in criticism? /sarcasm off

Or am I reading the passive aggressive comment all wrong here? If I am, I'll own it. It probably would have been better if I just ignored it.

[niyad]

16. I can certainly see why Ukraine would not inform the putler-loving

orange scum.

[benfranklin1776]

24. Yes indeed!

It would be like Churchill telling Mussolini about D-Day. Trump is Putin’s lap quisling so he’s on a need to know nothing basis. ✊🏼

[Iggo]

17. Of course they didn't tell him. Why would they tell their enemy's best friend?

[Billsdaughter]

18. But somebody else knew beforehand...

JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JR. That should move along Trump's psychotic break nicely.

[DENVERPOPS]

38. Trump has been reported to have

cut off all the normal briefings from Biden, which were customarily given to former presidents..........You can bet there are still people in the Intel community who are best friends with Biden........

[slightlv]

39. I just wonder....

there's no reason for Biden NOT to be told, as there is precedent. There's always conflicts between personalities, and some just meld together better. Of course, trump takes the extreme conflict to the extreme. But if it's been planned for over a year, I'd not be at all surprised in Z had told Biden about it. And yes, that would break trumps head wide open! (LOL)

Besides, it's now a well known fact that the United States cannot be trusted as a fair ally any longer... not in action and not in words. If trump had known, the very first thing he'd have done would have been to call putin and tell him. Z is a smart man.

And yes, I too, would like to see a false flag situation setup with trump as the rump. Quid pro to the quo! Set up trump to be shown absolutely and very publicly in a lie... with visual evidence.

Doing these two things could bring on a stroke... poor old man! /snark

[LuvLoogie]

71. It's not just trump that broke that trust.

They have been enabling this racist traitor for the last 10nyars. The GOPs gave been all-in with Russia too, since at least their 4th of July outing to Moscow several years ago.

[Paladin]

20. Yet another smart move by Zelenskyy. (nt)

[Cha]

22. Why would Zelensky tell Mump? It was suppose to

be a SURPRISE Attack!

[Exp]

23. Nelson knew..

[rubbersole]

25. Tulsi would have been on the hotline in two minutes.

Assests gotta assest.

[dchill]

26. "Likely because Trump could not be trusted."

To our everlasting shame.

[Iamscrewed]

31. Likely my ass

We all know that he's a FUCKING TRAITOROUS PIECE Of SHIT.

[Walleye]

32. Hegseth would have been chatting about it on signal

[republianmushroom]

33. trumps head is always in the dark.

[Norrrm]

36. Trump and Zelensky... different styles.

[sl8]

37. Interestingly, the first version of the article specifically reported that the US *was* notified:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250601154849/https://www.axios.com/2025/06/01/ukraine-drone-strikes-russia

Ukraine did notify the Trump administration of the attack in advance, a Ukrainian official said.

[intrepidity]

80. Trump probably blew a gasket and demanded Axios retract

Regardless of the facts, there's no way Trump would want Putin thinking the US knew but didn't warn him.

[DallasNE]

41. Trump Would Have Blabbed It To Putin

Just as I suspect he has blabbed other things to Putin.

[kimbutgar]

43. I was so happy seeing this today !

And seeing the orange Hitler being humiliated and ignored. The little orange chicken must be soooooo pissed he was kept out of the loop!

[J_William_Ryan]

44. And it's not just Trump who can't be trusted -

the entire American intelligence community has been compromised by Trump and is suspect.

Trump, forever Putin’s useful idiot.

[AllaN01Bear]

45. """

[hildegaard28]

46. Well, I mean

You don’t share your war plans with your enemy’s top employee.

[cabotnn22]

47. Smart

He did the right thing.

[Jack Valentino]

48. Of COURSE NOT! Since that would be the same thing as telling Russia,

Highchair Hitler would be on the phone to his handler Putin
in two shakes of his TACO tail...

[niyad]

53. "highchair hitler"!!! I nearly scared my kitty! THANK YOU!!!

[Jack Valentino]

55. Ah, that wasn't mine.... got it from someone else here, can't remember who---

but I made sure to save it to my mental hard drive!




oh, I even wrote that one down somewhere.... lol

[niyad]

56. I am very glad that you did.

[travelingthrulife]

74. Love Highchair Hitler!

[Prairie Gates]

49. 10 years ago American intel would have known it was coming whether or not Ukraine shared it

Now we've decimated our human intel and nobody with an ounce of sense will share jack shit with Trump Putin.

[Marie Marie]

51. Since Putin doesn't tell Trump when he plans a massive attack on Ukraine,

it seems like no body trusts him to be in the loop on anything. Every one knows that Trump is a fool and an idiot. Stay strong Zelensky, you are a true leader for your people and your country.

[creon]

52. no one with any sense will tell the Trump Admin anything

it cannot be trusted

[Grins]

58. Not the first time.

In 2019 the CIA with JSOC launched an attack to kill al-Baghdadi.

They DIDN’T tell Trump until minutes before the assault launched. Because they were afraid Trump would tell Putin!

Because they had a reason:

In 2017 Trump ordered a missile strike on Syria.
59 Cruise missiles were launched.
Despite being in the target zone, not one Russian, or any Russian equipment, was injured or destroyed.
Trump told Putin well in advance so they were not in the attack zone.

[JohnSJ]

59. Trump or the republicans cannot be trusted. Absolutely.

[Hassler]

60. Time for Zekelenssky to give TACO

disinfo, that TACO will give to his best bud.

[thought crime]

61. Trump obviously can't be trusted with ANY classified information

[C Moon]

63. And putin has nobody to blame but himself. You know putin told trump to defund Ukraine.

[Old Crank]

64. Zelenskyy should plant some disinformation

with Trump and see how fast it gets to the Kremlin.

[Mr. Sparkle]

65. Why would Zelenskyy tell a russian asset what he was doing?

He was wise to keep it to himself.

[ecstatic]

66. Smart guy. You cannot trust tRump with information

Republicans need to really start thinking hard about the role they want the United States to play in the world going forward. Nobody is going to be telling tRump shit.

[Lulu KC]

67. Every time I see him I think

"Can't we have him?"
Can Ukraine annex the US after they win the war? Please?

[Botany]

68. Just like the Obama Administration did not tell Pakistan before they went after bin Laden.

Obama knew that Pakistan was knowingly giving Osama bin Laden sanctuary less then
a few miles from their military training academy and President Zelenskyy knows that
Trump is Russian dirty and he would warn Vlad that the attack was coming.

Trump is a traitor to America and its allies as well. End of story.

[NNadir]

69. Why tell Trunp anything? He's a Russian puppet.

[AverageOldGuy]

70. Several reasons Zelensky did not tell Trump.

1. He knew Trump would have posted the coming attack on Truth Social as well as alerting Putin.

2. He knew SECDEF Hogsbreath would have lighted up his Signal app, told Ms. Hogsbreath, and alerted the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.

[Kid Berwyn]

72. Why

Donald J Trump represents the most successful spy operation of all time. And thanks to Just-us John Roberts redefining the meaning of "Insurrection" and the very words of the Constitution of the United States of America, an active Russian agent has been allowed to return to the Oval Office to again "serve" as the pee-residunce.



Normally, I'd say: "Think about that!" But, destroying truth is what tyrants do. It's why they hate a free press.

It's why trumpf is doing all he can to sue anyone who ever wrote anything bad about him. Now he has the DoJ doing his dirty work and handing the legal bill to the U.S. taxpayer.

The photo of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and dip above was taken by TASS, the official Russian news agency. The US media were not informed about the 2017 visit. We learned about it because the Unstable Moron himself spread the pic proudly on social media.

How many people do you know who’ve seen that picture or the one below, taken on an earlier date in the Oval Office? Again, very few.



“I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to The Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.”

"I'm not under investigation," he added.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nut-job-james-comey-russia-2017-5

And this is the man leading the "restructuring of American government" today winking at Putin at a diplomatic affair during his first madministration.



No wonder Putin, the Kremlin and the GRU and whatever the KGB is called these days call him "America's Gorbachev." Gorby sped up the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Now Putin returns the favor through Trump and his destruction of America's economy, hailed just before the 2024 election by The Economist as "The Envy of the World."

[Botany]

85. Very well written

I feel in my bones that not only was the 2024 elections dirty and that Musk and other
bad operators were into the voting data along with suppressing the vote by millions but
that Trump is knowingly burning America to the ground under the instructions from
Vladimir Putin.

[Kid Berwyn]

88. Thank you!

Your bones are sending the truth about 2024. I, too, got a feeling it was "electronics."

There are programs that make rubes like me give away personal data so fast they can empty my bank account before I hit "Send." Same minds can create stuff to make secretaries of state in seven swing states see the tallies go for a demented traitor (while electing DEMs to the US Senate, say) seem perfectly normal.

Now the country's defenses are led by a goldbrick of a commander-in-chief with an intellect that gets confused by the McDonald's menu and unable to hold a thought other than the Golden Arches, golf and how some women once let him get near to them.

And Putin couldn't be happier.

[Botany]

93. I thought that 2016 and Trump getting into the White House was the result of the largest international..

….. criminal operation in the world and Putin was and still the Godfather.

Btw Ryan, McConnell, McCarthy, and Scalise were all aware of the Russian attacks
on free elections and said nothing. Republicans are so unAmerican it is not funny
they are so low.

Btw as a kid in N.W. PA our next door neighbor* lwas the County D.A. Ray Shafer and his brother
was the Governor and it was a different time but to this day he was the finest man I have ever
known and a Republican too.

* middle class neighborhood

[MLAA]

73. First rule of protecting your country from an aggressor is don't inform their spies of your intentions.

[IronLionZion]

75. Because Trump is clearly on the Russian side and would tip off Putin.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

76. Smart move lest the Traitor-in-Chief tipped off the Russians.

[Tommy Carcetti]

77. Good. nt

[get the red out]

78. Thank God!

No one should trust the US now.

[Mysterian]

79. Yeah, why inform a Russian agent?

Informing Putin-poodle Trump of any war plans would be insane.

[tavernier]

81. Trump probably would take the credit

since lately he’s been upset with Putin.
Especially if the world sees it as a brilliant move, which is exactly what is happening. By Z telling press that Trump was not notified, Trump can’t declare himself the war genius.

[Bluetus]

82. Not just Ukraine

This is a dramatic example. There is zero question that if Z had told Trump (or if underlings shared the info), the Trump people would have screwed that up -- intentionally.

But this is no big secret by now. Every former ally knows they simply cannot share military intelligence with the US as they have in the past. And we are all much less safe because of it.

[k_buddy762]

83. I saw an interesting take

on another forum this morning and I'm posting it to spur discussion, not that I do or do not agree (I am in the process of vetting some of the information). Still, I found it an interesting perspective:

"This attack took 18 months to prepare. Intelligence agencies would have known. For Russia's perspective, this isn't just a Ukr operation -- its a US-backed degradation of their nuclear deterrent using treaty obligations as the vulnerability. The natural reaction is to pull out of the treaties and hide the bombers.... Now we're back to the 70s."

The implication being, Russia *had* the bombers out in the open so foreign satellites could monitor them. Now everything will be hidden and the intel value will be lost.

And if it can happen to Russia, it can happen to the US.

[iluvtennis]

84. Trump turned his back on Ukraine - President Zelenskyy doesn't have to notifiy him of sh*t.

[Dem4life1970]

86. As well he should talking to TSF is talking to Putin.

[Joinfortmill]

91. Good. The President of the USA is a Putin bitch.

[republianmushroom]

92. A real leader always knows a phoney.

Keep the phoney in the dark.

[Sneederbunk]

95. Vance wasn't in the loop either.

And for that, Zelensky was very thankful.

[Martin68]

96. Well....duh! Trump would have blabbed to his pal Putin. Trump is not Ukraine's ally.

[Delphinus]

98. Absolutely, because Mango Mussolini

would turn around quickly and alert that whom he serves.