First on FOX: Learned by Fox News Digital, the US continues to share defensive intelligence with Ukraine to protect against Russian strikes announced from the Russian attack.
Three sources familiar with the decision confirmed that intelligence related to power protection and incoming threats continued. Federal information, the work of the CIA, FBI and human intelligence, has stopped, as well as data that will help Ukrainian strikes against Russians.
Another intelligence source said it expects the pause to be “essentially transient” and expects all data sharing to resume in the coming days.
The intelligence pause prompted confusion and alarms from Ukraine and its allies, as its parameters were not entirely clear. However, the US intelligence agency was the lifeline of the Ukrainian military. Defense experts say canceling all data sharing would be a more impact on the Ukrainian army than losing military aid from the US.
Trump threatens sanctions against Russia and demands peace after a huge hit in Ukraine
As in the aftermath above at Kharkiv on Friday, Russian strikes in Ukraine have risen in recent weeks. (euters/vitalii hnidyi tpx image of that day)
“Ukraine had one advantage in Russia: the advantage of information. Kiev would be in trouble because it disappeared,” said Kasa Pogl, a defense fellow at the Hudson Institute. “Europe doesn't have enough strategic enabler capabilities to fill the vacuum,” Kasapogul said.
The National Security Council, like the Pentagon, declined to comment on what military information is still being shared.
An offensive suspension of military intelligence means that “selective sharing of intelligence creates strategic imbalances and forces Ukraine into a predominantly defensive attitude.” Former Military Intelligence Auditor Matthew Shoemaker said.
“Even if Ukraine still receives intelligence due to incoming threats, the lack of offensive Inter limits its ability to preemptively neutralize potential threats. This could put Ukraine in a more reactive position and potentially increase Russia's vulnerability to attack,” he continued.
“It limits its ability to disrupt Russian supply lines, command centers, and staging areas behind enemy lines.”
But putting pressure on Ukrainians on the negotiation table was probably a tactic if intelligence sharing resumed quickly. “It suggests that for Ukrainian policymakers, the US can freely turn off support.”
On March 6, 2025, residents are smoking near his apartment damaged by Russian military strikes amidst Russian attacks on Ukraine in the frontline town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. (Reuters/inna varenytsia tpx image of that day)
CIA director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump called for a pause in sharing intelligence news reports, but could be lifted as soon as Ukraine signaled that it was ready for a ceasefire.
“If we can identify these negotiations and move towards them and actually take steps to them, then we'll see the president look strictly at lifting this suspension,” said National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
The US intelligence agency is believed to be used to track Russia's movements and identify targets, and is believed to operate the operations of the US-provided high-mobility gun rocket systems and US Army tactical missile systems.
France and the UK have said they will step in to fill the gap that the US intelligence reporting agency has stopped, but the UK has not shared any data that has occurred with the US, and will be shared through the 5 Eyes Alliance.
Zelenskyy confirms that Ukraine will attend US peace talks in Saudi Arabia a week after the clash of oval offices
President Donald Trump threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with new sanctions on Friday. (Contributor/Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
After a battle that exploded in an oval office between Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and President Voldy Miazelensky last week, US authorities agreed to meet with Saudi Arabia's Ukrainian team next week.
Trump also teased possible new sanctions against Russia on Friday. The president is increasingly irritated with Russia calling for a ceasefire while also increasingly irritating its strike against Ukraine.
“Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely “pounding” Ukraine on the battlefield at the moment, I am strongly considering tariffs and tariffs on Russia until we reach a major bank sanctions, sanctions and tariffs on Russia and a final settlement agreement on peace. To Russia and Ukraine, reach the table now before it's too late. Thank you!!!” Trump I've posted A true society.
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However, the president seemed optimistic about the outlook for peace on Thursday.
“I think Ukraine wants to make a deal because I don't think they have a choice,” he said. “I also think Russia wants to do business because in a certain, different way, I know that only I know, and only I have no choice.”
