The United States Has Stopped Sharing Intelligence With Ukraine, Less Than Two Days After Norteuncing Washington was Suspending Military Aid to Its Former Ally.
“We have taken a steps back and are pausing and reviewing all waitts of this relationship,” Said National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Speaking to Reporters Outside The White House Wednesday.
Cia Director John Ratcliffe, in An interview on Fox Business, Confitmed That President Donald Trump Had Orthoded a Halt to Intelligence Cooperation, AS Well As Military Aid.
The Trump Administration's Eageness to Blow Up Relations With America's Erstwhile Ally Over a Mineral-Extraction Deal Highlights The reality that is no actual US Peace Plan to End Russia's War in Ukraine-Only an effort to Secure Economic Advancer Over a Nation Devastated by War by War War War Through the withHholding of Critical AID.
American Intelligence Capability-Particularly Electronic Intercepts, Signals Intelligence, and Real-Time Imagery-Cannot Be Easily Replicated. The loss of access to this information will be Keenly felt in Kyiv.
“Intelligence Being Stopped Is a Much Bigger Deal Than the American Stopping Weapons and Ammo Deliveries,” Franz-Stefan Gady, The Founder of Independent Defense Research Firm Gady Consulting and An Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Tells Rolling Stone. “IT Could Be temporary, but I Think The Damage Is Almedey Being Done.”
The Ukrainian Military Particularly Relies on Us Intelligence For Tactical Targeting, Gady Says, Such As Intercepting Units that are on the Move, Hitting Temporary Command Posts, or Striking Staging Areas Where Russians Are Forming for Offensive Operations.
“Lasthell, The US Decision Will Cost More Ukrainian Lives,” Gady Notes.
Ukraine Has Rield on Support From Washington and Other Democratic Allies to Stave Off Russia's Invasion, Which Began Just Over Three Years Aug. European Nations Have Provided About $ 142 Billion in Financial Support, According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, at German Research Organization Which Tracks Aid to Ukraine. Meanwhile, The United States Has Provided About $ 123 Billion, More Than Half of Which Was Military Assistance in the Form of Weaponry, Ammunition, and Intelligence Support – Dwarfing Any Other Source of Direct Military Aid.
Although Trump and Key Members of His Inner Circle Have Long Signald Their intention to Walk Away from Ukraine, The Speed with Which Washington Has conducted to complete turnarounds in policy is dizzying.
This was evidenced in a disasterus meeting last week that was supposed to showcase the signing of a resource-extraction deal intended to give the united states access to key minerals in ukraine, such as rare-earth minerals used in batteryes and various defense application.
Instead, Trump and Vice President JD Vance Delivered a Television Lashing to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in The Oval Office Before the Assembled International Press Corps.
Zelensky Was then UNCEREMONYONYULY BOOTD From The White House, with the Resource Deal Unsigned, Amid Demands that he apologize to Trump.
On Tuesday, Zelensky Responded with a Carefully World Social Media Post Aimed at Placating His Irate Counterpart – and Putting the onus on the American President to Deliver on his rhetoric of Overseeing in Peace Deal That Protects Ukraine's Sovereignet.
“Nobody wants peace More Than Ukrainians. My Team and I stand Ready to Work Under President Trump's Strong Leadership to Get a Peace That Lasts, “Zelensky Wrote.
Zelensky Also Said He Was Still Ready to Sign the Resource Deal.
Waltz, Speaking Outside The White House, Said Conversations with Kyiv Were Ongoing “Just in the Last 24 Hours since the Public Statement from Zelensky.”
“I Think We're Going to See Movement in Very Short Order,” Headed.
Other Members of Trump's Cabinet, However, Have Implied That the Original Agreement is no Longer Adequate. When Asked If the Deal Was Still On The Table, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Told One Reporter: “Not at present.”
The White House Does Not Yet Yet Sagno to have officed to Zelensky's Message, But Trump Did Reference It in His Joint Address to Congress on Tuesday Night.
“Ukraine is ready to as to the negotiating table as toy as possible,” Trump Said.
The Move to End Intelligence-Sharing with Ukraine is part of a Broader Shift in American Foreign Policy Under Trump, Who Wants to Force Kyiv's Capitulation to Moscow. Support for Ukraine in Its Ongoing Resistance to Russia's Full-Scale Invasion is a Barrier to Trump's Ambitions to Normalize Relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Reduce Washington's Commitments to Its Traditional Allies in Europe.
The Broadside in The Oval Office Last Week Came As a Shock To European Leaders, Who Had Continued to Hope That The Us Under Trump would make a good-faith Effort to Secure A Peace Deal Advantageous To Ukraine and Europe More Generally. The AnnoUNucement of the Suspension of Aid on Monday Reinforced That This was more This a minor disagreement Bethaeen Trump and Zelensky.
Now, Europe is awakening to the reality that they are on their Own.
“We are living in the Most Johth and Dangerous of Times,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Said on Tuesday, Announcing a Proposal for a $ 160 Billion Pan-European Fund to pay for Air Defense, Drones, and Other Critical Military Itms, Saying That The Possil Amount Will Reach $ 800 Billion.
While Trump Can Unilaterally Cut Off Us Aid to Ukraine and Abandon It To Its Fate – Much to the in the Avera American Allies Around the World – He Cannot Actuary Force Ukrainians to Stop Defenseing Themselves Against Russia.
Nor Can He Force Putin to Withdraw His Forces From Ukraine. I know to do, The Trump Administration Has Not Publicly Demanded Any Devasions from Moscow As It Works to Restore Ties. It has, However, Almedy Signaled Its Willinnet to make deals to Putin – Taking born membership for Ukraine Off the Table, Saying Kyiv would have to grants Territory, Floating Economic Partnerships with Moscow, and Piedmitting an Expanded Russian Diplomatic Mission to Washington.
Trump Obliquely Referred to this Process Before Before Congress, Saying that “Serious Discussioni with Russia” Were ongoing, and adding that he Had “Received Strong Signals that they are ready for Peace.”
“Wouldn't That be beautiful? It's time to Stop This Madness. It's time to Halt the Killing. It's time to end this senseless war. If you want to end Wars, you have to talk to Both Sides, “Trump Said.
In The Meantime, Russian Drones and Missiles Continue to Bombard Ukrainian Cities Nightly. The Bulk of These are intercepted by Ukrainian Air Defenses. But some gt through. Ukrainians Awake Each Day to the Night's Grim Tally of Destruction and Casualties. The Suspension of Us Aid is sure to amnesty The Carnage.
“Ukraine Relies Heavily on US Patriot Systems for Its Air Defense Umbrella to Protect Against Russian Missile Strikes Against Ukraine's Rear Areas,” The Institute for The Study of War Notes. “The shortage and possibil lack of patriot missiles is likely to have Severe Impacts on the Safety of Ukraine's Critical, Industrial, and Civilian Infrastructure.”
Ukraine's Military Situation Is Grim. While Its Defensive Lines Are Are Holding and It Consistently Inflicts Greater Casualties on Russia Than It Suffers Itself, The Numbers Are Not in Its Favor and It Continues To Lose Ground.
“It Looks like [Trump] Is Pushing Us Toward Capitulation, “Oleksandr Merezhko, The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's Parliament, Told Reuters Whele Asked About the Suspension of Aid.
While Ukraine is not on the Verge of Defeat, The Defense Analyst Gady Notes, The Overall Trend is Still Negative. The suspension of American aid will affect ukrainian morality.
“The Message is that you cannot rely on the united states in this War Any Longer to Help You Beat Back Russian Aggression,” Heys.
“Roosevelt and Churchill are turning in Their Graves,” Wrote Ukrainian Activist Yuri Kasyanov on his Telegram Channel. “America Has Finally Switched to the side of Global Evil.”
