Trump Orders Halt To US Intel Sharing With Ukraine

The New York Times reports:

The C.I.A. director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been paused alongside military aid to pressure its government to cooperate with the Trump administration’s plans to end the country’s war with Russia.

Speaking on Fox Business, Mr. Ratcliffe applauded the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s statement on Tuesday praising President Trump and insisting that he supported peace with Russia. Mr. Ratcliffe said he thought intelligence sharing would resume.

Mr. Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Mr. Trump asked for a pause on intelligence sharing. And his comments suggest that the C.I.A. put at least some of its intelligence sharing with Ukraine on hold for a short time.

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe has revealed that the US has paused both intelligence support and weapons shipments to Ukraine following the clash in the Oval Office between President Zelensky and President Trump last Friday.@npwcnn breaks down what this means, live from Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/2tKl0M72oS

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed the latest hostile move against Ukraine, saying the US has halted intelligence sharing, but thinks it “will go away”.

“President Zelenskyy put out a statement that said, ‘I am ready for peace and I want President Donald Trump’s leadership… pic.twitter.com/Elj4Pax6cW

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