FT: US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine

[Dennis Donovan]

FT - (archived: https://archive.ph/JPjpx ) US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine

Christopher Miller in Lisbon, Lucy Fisher in London and Ben Hall and Henry Foy in Brussels

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The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter.

The move follows the decision on Monday by the Trump administration to suspend military aid deliveries to Ukraine and comes after a dramatic breakdown in relations between the US president and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

US intelligence co-operation has been essential for Ukraine’s ability to identify and strike Russian military targets.

Three officials familiar with the decision confirmed that Washington had frozen intelligence channels with Kyiv.

This is a developing story

Reuters - US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine, FT reports

By Reuters
March 5, 2025
7:12 AM EST
Updated 13 min ago

(Reuters) - The United States has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military's ability to target Russian forces, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the matter.

[newdeal2]

1. Good job, Republicans

You cosigned this.

[DemMedic]

2. I'm shocked???

No, not at all actually.

[SheltieLover]

3. Fucking ruskie assets

[Scrivener7]

4. I am ashamed of my country.

[Lovie777]

5. I'm pretty sure UK and other allies to Ukraine have other sources not.....................

privilege to the USA. They had time to prepare.

Starlink is not our friend.

Plus this present administration is dangerous stupid.

[gab13by13]

6. Russia would own Ukraine right now if it were not for US intelligence.

We alerted Ukraine of Russia's imminent attack 3 years ago.

[ancianita]

17. This is official in word/deed, but won't happen in reality. Not as long as there are intel supply chain folks around.

Besides, Gabbard won't have any intel that Ukraine wants, nor will she know the intel that Ukraine actually gets from our former allies.

[aggiesal]

23. And I think they're stupid dangerous n/t

[DENVERPOPS]

24. Trump on Tuesday?

Forbid the UK from sharing intelligence to Ukraine, and Musk has already threatened to cut off the internet access to Ukraine provided by his satellites, cell phone via his satellites, and cancel the intel his satellites were providing to his Military.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Only one reason to do this: benefit Vlad the Impaler. . . . . nt

[DENVERPOPS]

31. Anyone notice

in the most recent White House press conference that AP and another major news organization were both kicked out of the Press Corps???????????? WOW.......AND, A NEWS REPORTER FROM RUSSIA'S STATE OWNED NEWS MEDIA, "SOMEHOW" GOT INTO THE ROOM???????????????????

How the hell did he get into the White House News Corp?????? much less, even get into the White House??????????
He had to have had a Press Corp I.D. I wonder who gave him one??????????? Obviously, an "in person" spy job ordered by Putin....
Not alot different than the Russian woman Putin inserted into the NRA for almost a year, who shared pillow talk with countless higher ups in the NRA......in the run up to the election.......

[tetedur]

8. How do you abandon Ukraine without saying out loud you are abandoning Ukraine? But it is worse than just abandonment.

You cut off the intel sharing and you cut off weapons then you strong arm that vulnerable country into signing over its natural resources taking whatever it has to sustain itself. The United States is committing multiple egregious sins.

[Dennis Donovan]

9. Shashank Joshi: Bad, bad news. Unnecessary, punitive, vindictive.

Shashank Joshi
‪@shashj.bsky.social‬
Bad, bad news. Unnecessary, punitive, vindictive. "The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/c58f...

March 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM

[Dennis Donovan]

10. Shashank Joshi: US appears set on crushing Ukraine capacity to force Zelensky to submit.

Shashank Joshi
‪@shashj.bsky.social‬
US appears set on crushing Ukraine capacity to force Zelensky to submit. Never mind that this is a bonfire of leverage versus Russia, which has every reason to believe it can dictate terms or reject a ceasefire in the knowledge that Trump is likely to blame Ukraine. Criminally bad negotiating.

‪Shashank Joshi‬ ‪
@shashj.bsky.social‬
22m
Bad, bad news. Unnecessary, punitive, vindictive. "The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/c58f...

March 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM

[DFW]

11. Pure cynical meanness

If only there were a way to rectify the evil being done in our name right now.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. I want a banner across my.house saying, " How do you like living in West Russia?'"

[DENVERPOPS]

27. Or

Berlitz courses for mandatory learning of Russian, on sale now from Trump University for twice the normal price......

Oh, and his WWE Vamp, who is now running the Secretary of Education, will probably be directing all Public Schools to stop teaching spanish, and those classes will be replaced with mandatory classes in Russian in grades K thru 12.......

[Dennis Donovan]

13. Chappatte Cartoon

Chappatte Cartoons
‪@chappatte.bsky.social‬
US cuts aid to Ukraine - © Chappatte in Le Temps, Geneva 👉 www.chappatte.com/en/images/us...

March 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM

US cuts aid to Ukraine - © Chappatte in Le Temps, Geneva 👉 www.chappatte.com/en/images/us...

— Chappatte Cartoons (@chappatte.bsky.social) 2025-03-05T09:30:43.166Z

[highplainsdem]

14. Wow. Accurate. And damning.

[DENVERPOPS]

29. Not really accurate

If it were accurate, the barrel wouldn't be on his back, the barrel would be up his ***

Which is more like what Trump, (Putin), is doing to the U.S. Citizens, and shoving it upwards inch by inch, farther with each day that passes...

[dlk]

15. Trump wants to hand Ukraine over to Putin

This was always the plan.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

16. Ukraine will be getting our intelligence regardless.

Hear that, traitors?

[Botany]

18. Shameful .... Our Satellites gave the Ukrainians a big edge over the invading Russians

Krasnov wants 100,000s of Ukrainians to die and the rest to become slaves to Putin.

When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan both Carter and Reagan sent aid to the
Taliban fighting the invaders.

[roscoeroscoe]

19. Shame! Shame! Shame!

This is going to cut against the passionate support of many, many U.S. intelligence personnel.

[Blue Dotty]

20. There are always strings attached when you are Putin's puppet

Bravo, orange buffoon.You will die his puppet, and never be his equal. Using your metaphor, Putin holds all the cards (and tapes.)

[surfered]

21. Fat, bloated, disgusting, lying bastard.

[moniss]

22. Crumb The 1st of course is maintaining

intel sharing with Russia.

[Initech]

25. What a total fucking worthless asshole!

Seriously, Vladimir Putin is a James Bond level supervillain, and half of this country is just letting him win! Hell, they're on his side! Just... ahhhh!!! We should be rising up and bombing his sorry ass back to the stone ages!

[David__77]

26. The deal offered is withdraw from the areas claimed by Russia, shrink armed forces, and declare neutrality.

That’s what the US wants Ukraine to do. If Ukraine wants to do something different, then conciliation with the US will not be helpful, rather separating UK, France and Germany from the US will be.

[Tim S]

28. Force Trump to conceed

Zelensky should tell Trump that he either restores military & intelligence support to Biden admin levels or he’ll sell Ukraine’s rare earth & mineral rights to China to give them a full monopoly.

When you’re faced with extinction at the hands of Putin, you do what you have to do.

[markie]

30. maybe

(and welcome) the minerals should go to the countries that will help win the war

[Sneederbunk]

32. Not to worry. US will continue to share intelligence with Russia.

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. Ukraine may be better off without it.

I wouldn't put it past TSF to have them fed bad information to help his BFF Vlad. Ukraine will still get information from other agencies in Europe (who may be thinking hard about whether or not they want to share information with us.)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. According to the Financial Times, the United States also took the extraordinary step to block its allies, like the UK

from sharing intelligence provided by the United States with Ukraine. However, the Times reports that the allies of the United States are still expected to provide relevant intelligence to Kyiv.

https://meidasnews.com/news/the-united-states-cuts-off-intelligence-sharing-with-ukraine-report

Hey Donny, go fuck yourself.