by M Dowling, Independent Sentinel:
According to the Wall Street Journal, President Trump has ordered a pause to intelligence sharing with Ukraine, said Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe. The US is trying to force Kyiv to cooperate in a peace deal.
The U.S. suspended weapons shipments to Ukraine earlier this week after a horrendous meeting in the Oval Office where Ukrainian President Zelensky appeared to think he was there to berate President Trump and his team publicly.
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A White House official said that the U.S. had paused military aid to Ukraine until Trump is satisfied that Zelensky is making a good-faith effort to engage in negotiations to stop the war. Ratcliffe indicated that intelligence sharing could also resume.
“I think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause that allowed that to happen, I think will go away, and I think we’ll work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine as we have to push back on the aggression that’s there,” Ratcliffe said. “But to put the world in a better place for these peace negotiations to move forward again, President Trump is going to hold everyone accountable to drive peace around the world.”
On Tuesday, Zelensky said he would sign the minerals deal, but he appeared to fall short of a sincere effort at peace. He says one thing and then demands US security in perpetuity.
We have become a combatant in the war by providing weapons and intelligence. President Zelensky doesn’t understand that we no longer want to be a party to the bloodshed.
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