In a move that may significantly impair the Ukrainian military’s capacity to target Russian forces, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that the United States had severed intelligence-sharing with Kyiv.
The Trump administration’s readiness to play hardball with an ally in order to drive it to the bargaining table is exemplified by the decision to stop providing military assistance and intelligence sharing to Ukraine.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump claimed to have received a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in which the Ukrainian leader indicated his desire to engage in negotiations on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Ratcliffe told Fox Business Network, “I think the pause [that prompted Ukraine’s president to respond] will go away on the military front and the intelligence front.”
