US cuts off intelligence-aid with Ukraine

Following a verbal exchange between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the USA has cup off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday.

The move was made to for Ukraine administration to the negotiation on the table.

Moreover, President Trump on Tuesday said that he received a letter from his Ukrainian counterpart in which the Ukrainian leader expressed willingness to come to the negotiating table over the Russia-Ukraine war.

“I think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause (that prompted Ukraine’s president to respond) I think will go away,” Ratcliffe told Fox Business Network.

“I think we’ll work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine as we have to push back on the aggression that’s there, but to put the world in a better place for these peace negotiations to move forward,” he said.

Following that, the US has intelligence-aid with Kyiv. It was not immediately clear to what extent the U.S. had cut back on the sharing.

Since the start of the war in 2022, the U.S. has provided Ukraine with significant intelligence, including critical information its military needs for targeting purposes.