The United States is not currently involved in intelligence with Ukraine, as US officials assert

Two US officials said that the United States had cut intelligence exchange with Kiev, in a move that could seriously hinder the ability of the Ukrainian army to target Russian forces.

The decision to cut off intelligence and military aid to Ukraine clearly clarifies the Trump administration’s willingness to play Hurd with an ally to force it at the negotiating table with the strained relations between countries.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz reported on Wednesday morning that the United States “took a step back” and that the administration was “reviewing all aspects” of its intelligence relationship with Ukraine.

Three sources familiar with the situation also confirmed to Reuters that the US intelligence has stopped. It was not immediately clear to the extent of the US participating.

In an interview with Fox Business, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, described the development as a temporary stop.

“I think the military front and the intelligence front, a pause, and I think it will disappear,” Ratcliffe told Fox Business Network.

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The United States provided critical intelligence to Ukraine for its fight against Moscow forces, including information that helped thwart the campaign of Russian President Vladimir Putin to seize Kiev at the beginning of his comprehensive invasion in February 2022.

On Monday, the White House suspended military aid to Kiev following a catastrophic oval meeting on Friday, as US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukraine President Volodimir Zellinski participated in a hot confrontation in front of the international media. The clash was delayed signing a framework for the investment fund in the United States, Ukraine, to extract minerals in Ukraine.

Some experts said that the suspension of intelligence participation in the United States would harm Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian forces, which operate about 20 percent of the country’s lands. While he was on the campaign’s path, Trump criticized US weapons used in strikes inside Russian territory.

“Unfortunately, our adoption in this regard is very dangerous, starting with missile threats and missile attacks and ends with what is happening in Russia, in the occupied areas temporarily in terms of strikes,” said Mecola Piecekov, a researcher at the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

He said that some losses can be compensated by buying commercial satellite images, but only military satellites can only determine the firing of the missiles.

Pelzezov said that the intelligence suspension would complicate Ukraine’s defenses against Russian air and missile strikes, which regularly struck civilian buildings such as schools and hospitals, killing hundreds of unnoticed.

“We will have less time to respond, more destruction, and perhaps more victims, and all of us will weaken us a lot,” he said.

Cautious optimism about renewable talks

European countries are scrambling to increase defense spending and maintain its support for Ukraine after freezing military aid that feeds doubts about Washington’s commitment to its European allies in NATO.

Before the bombing of the Oval Office, Trump also ended the isolation of Putin through phone calls with the Russian leader and speaks between Russian aides and the United States in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, from which Ukraine and its European allies were excluded.

Trump, In his speech to Congress on Tuesday nightKiev said that Kiev was ready to sign a deal to exploit critical metal deposits in Ukraine, which the American leader demanded to pay the costs of American military aid. He did not provide any other information.

Trump also said he was in “serious discussions with Russia” and received strong signals that she was ready for peace.

“It is time to end this meaningless war. If you want to end wars, you should speak to both sides,” he said.

Waltz also said that the United States actively participated in talks with Ukraine on moving the negotiations forward in the metal deal and a possible peace agreement with Russia.

“I think we will see the movement in a very short time,” he said.

Meanwhile, Zelinski said in his night speech on Wednesday that there was a “positive movement” in cooperation with the United States, and that he expected the results of next week that includes a future meeting between the two sides.

Separately, Ukraine Foreign Minister Andre Yermak said to X that he and Waltz also “exchanged views on security issues and harmonizing positions”, and evaluated a meeting of Ukrainian and American officials in the near future “to continue this important work.”