Daniel Williams
US President Donald Trump, in line with his sudden moves to ease hostile relations with Russia and steer Ukraine’s post-war destiny, has taken concrete steps to weaken Kyiv’s ability to defend itself against Moscow’s slow drive for conquest.
After announcing a “pause” in the delivery of US$1 billion worth of US weaponry, top administration officials announced the suspension of a pair of military-related programs, namely the supply of intelligence information to Ukraine’s besieged army and another designed to limit the impact of Russian cyberattacks.
On Wednesday (March 5), director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliff, said the cutoff of intelligence support was part of the “pause” in US aid to Ukraine’s military.
“I think on the military front, and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that (suspension) to happen, I think will go away,” he said. “And I think we’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine, as we have, to push back on the aggression that’s there.”
“We are pausing, assessing, looking at everything across our security relationship,” added National Security Adviser Mike Waltz when asked directly about intelligence-sharing with Kyiv.
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