WASHINGTON: America has “paused” intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a dramatic breakdown in relations between Kyiv and the White Home, CIA director John Ratcliffe mentioned on Wednesday (Mar 5).
President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a public falling-out in the Oval Office final week, adopted by Ukraine’s high ally suspending crucial US military aid.
Ratcliffe confirmed that intelligence sharing had additionally been frozen as Ukraine seeks to beat again the Russian invasion.
“President Trump had an actual query about whether or not President Zelenskyy was dedicated to the peace course of,” Ratcliffe advised Fox Information.
Ratcliffe mentioned the pause “on the navy entrance and the intelligence entrance” was momentary, and the US will once more “work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine”.