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Trump greenlights US intelligence sharing for Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, WSJ reports:
U.S. will begin providing Ukraine with intelligence to support long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, marking the first time Trump administration has approved such aid, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Oct. 1.

President Trump recently authorized the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to aid Kyiv with the strikes, and Washington is urging NATO allies to expand similar cooperation. The decision reflects a deepening U.S. commitment to Ukrainian assistance as peace talks with Moscow have stalled. Officials said the intelligence will allow Ukraine to target “refineries, pipelines, power stations and other infrastructure far from its borders” in an effort to weaken Russia’s war economy, admin is also weighing the delivery of Tomahawk and Barracuda missiles, which could hit targets up to 500 miles away. “We are awaiting written guidance from the White House before sharing the necessary intelligence,” one U.S. official told the WSJ. This development comes amid Trump’s shifting rhetoric on the war in Ukraine. As his efforts to broker peace between Kyiv & Moscow have thus far not succeeded, Trump has grown frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin and recently made his most pro-Ukrainian statements so far.

New plan for Ukrainian defense companies manufacture in NATO ally Denmark: Means Ukrainian companies can manufacture away from threat of Russian attacks. Denmark also says it will own industry can learn on Ukrainian expertise. Ukraine's defense industry is setting up shop. Offering Kyiv's arms makers protection from Russian missiles and bringing battlefield know-how to Europe.  Denmark's industry & finance ministry announced recently Ukrainian defense company Fire Point moving production processes to the country, to "creates new opportunities for cooperation with Danish & European companies." It's the first step in a new initiative called "Build for Ukraine," which Denmark has allocated $50 million-plus to help Ukrainian defense firms start operations. Project lets Ukrainian companies produce in conventional ways rather than hiding or breaking up production process to avoid being a target for Russian missiles and drones.

For Denmark & allies, cooperation offers firsthand experience of Ukrainian companies making weapons for major war, insight is invaluable. The rest of Ukrainian companies churning out howitzers, missiles, drones, & more are still doing so domestically. But it's a step welcomed by defense industry. Serhiy Goncharov, CEO @National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries (NAUDI), which represents about 100 companies, said it gives Ukraine more production options, with reduced danger,  funding, he added, also helps Ukrainian producers who have much more capacity but are limited by Ukraine's defense budget.

Related stories: High costs & long waits for popular US-made Patriots just drove a NATO ally to pick a European rival. As drones disrupted airports, they also turned up at an F-35 stealth fighter base. Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark's defense minister pointed out that this new plan means "production cannot be stopped by Russian attacks." Kharkiv suffered a series of Russian missile attacks for  month's, they hit all across Ukraine, often in huge barrages. So production sites have been hit. The Malyshev Factory, which makes tanks, for eg, has repeatedly been hit by Russian, drones & missiles, but been able to repair damage & continue operations. New
initiative help production much safer. Russia has previously threatened to strike Western targets, saying, for instance, it could target any bases that host Ukraine's F-16s. But it has launched no major attacks; doing so could trigger a major conflict with NATO. In Denmark, risk is much lower than in Ukraine, where companies have to plan for attacks, a tremendous hindrance. Ukraine has to break up production.

Gonchaov said Ukrainian companies have to be mobile, ready to change their locations quickly, and have bomb shelters, steps require extra planning & resources. He said producers ideally work underground, but a costly & not always an available option. Losing machinery to attacks can result in months of delay potentially jeopardize contracts, some companies did to afloat, also cause "heartbreaking" loss of skilled Ukrainian personnel, he said.

Misha Rudominski, CEO of Himera, a Ukrainian company produces secure communications systems, told Business Insider company has to split manufacturing across different sites &  keep stock in another place to avoid creating a big target "worth it" for Russia to hit. Many companies, he said, split production into "5, 10, 15 locations," often with just a few dozen people at each site. Big, centralized ops are pretty rare, unless they're underground, he said.

A boost for Denmark
Denmark views supporting Ukraine's defense industry as way to strengthen its own, particularly as it warns — like many other European nations — Russia could attack NATO country in coming years. Poulsen, when first announcing the Build for Ukraine initiative in June, said it "will provide the Danish Armed Forces with easier access to some of the newest technologies & experiences from Ukraine," a challenge via some other means due to export controls.

For eg: naval drone Magura Ukrainian weapons makers are making products like naval drones. Denmark's industry business minister, Morten Bødskov, said partnership "brings us closer to realizing great potential of Danish defence industry." By way of a "tragic" situation, he said, Ukraine's defense industry can also learned & gained valuable experiences "that our own industry can now more easily benefit from." Denmark previously expressed interest in learning from Ukraine's industry too. Poulsen told Business Insider in February that he wants Danish defense companies to work with and learn from Ukrainian ones so  both can "get something out from lessons learned from the defense companies in Ukraine back to Danish defense companies." "I think we have a lot to learn from Ukraine," he said, particularly w/regard to manufacturing at speed. Denmark is not alone. NATO officials have praised Ukraine's speed and innovation and said Western firms should take note. How quickly project
scale up is key for Ukraine, as it continues trying to defend against Russia's larger military. But it's in Ukraine's long-term interest, as it seeks to integrate itself further into Europe's defense network, ultimately "ensure a higher degree of integration of Ukraine into European defence industry."

Goncharov said Ukraine is keen to Support European defense and is not just a place partners can send money or equipment, arguing Ukrainians "can provide our knowledge, our expertise, our technology to co-produce it for European needs abroad also for Ukrainian needs," he said.
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