Europe moves to fill intel gap for Ukraine as U.S. scales back support

Lemond shared this in a comment to Suspilne.

“As for American intelligence, Europe will certainly try to compensate for what the U.S. may stop providing,” he said.

According to Lemond, the behavior of the Trump administration is an important issue because, since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Americans “have been very active in supporting Ukraine.”

Currently, despite the shift in the U.S. position, France continues its dialogue with the current administration and remains committed to supporting Ukraine, including through arms supplies.

What preceded it

On March 5, CIA Director John Ratcliffe officially announced a temporary suspension of arms and intelligence data supply to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Bloomberg, citing a Ukrainian official, claimed that Kyiv was still receiving U.S. intelligence information.

On March 7, the American aerospace company Maxar Technologies cut off access to its satellite imagery for Ukrainian users.

In contrast, the United Kingdom announced that it would continue providing intelligence to Ukraine, although its capabilities are more limited compared to the United States or other countries.

Later, it became known that U.S. officials from the Pentagon stated that U.S. intelligence support for Ukraine’s offensive operations had decreased, but defensive assistance was continuing.