Oct 18 (Reuters) - The United States has resumed providing Ukraine critical intelligence to help it defend against Russian missile strikes, after a brief pause, Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in comments published on Sunday.

Ukraine has relied on US intelligence ‌to spot the fast-moving ballistic missiles that Russia has fired in waves at its cities. US President Donald Trump ​had said earlier this week that Washington was still sharing intelligence, although Ukrainian officials said some Russian strikes had occurred without warning.

Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press, Zelenskiy said intelligence-sharing had been interrupted but later "de-blocked."

"We are very thankful for this," he said. "Now it works."

But Zelenskiy said other US actions, ‌such as signing a deal ⁠to import Russian diesel and waiving sanctions on Russia that had been slated to take effect this ...