The future of US support for Ukraine is being prompted, with national security adviser Mike Walz confirms on Wednesday that the United States has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
“We have, we took a step back,” Waltz told reporters as he was asked to stop sharing intelligence.
He added that the Trump administration suspends and reviews “all aspects of this relationship.”
Later, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a meeting of the European Army chiefs in Paris next week, saying in a television speech that France should be ready to move on without helping us.
“I want to believe that the US will remain on our side, but we must be ready if that is not the case,” Macron saidS
Saying that Europe is in the New Age, Macron has called for to increase its defense costs.
He also said that France, along with Ukraine and others, had prepared a lasting peace plan.
The United States shared intelligence with Ukraine from the early stages of Russia's full -scale invasion of 2022.
He stopped Kiev's military assistance on Monday after a dramatic breakdown in the oval office last week when Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski was told to leave after an angry meeting with US President Donald Trump.
It is unclear whether the reconnaissance sharing pause is partial or complete and how long it will remain.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe also appeared to confirm the decision in an interview with Fox Business on Wednesday, saying Trump “had a real question if President Zelenski was engaged in the peace process and he said” let's pause, I want to think about it. “
He said the answer came quickly with Zelenski's statement, saying he was ready for peace.
Then Ratcliffe added: “On the military front and the intelligence front, the pause, which allowed this to happen, will disappear and work shoulder to get off with Ukraine.”
Waltz also suggested that a more prime tone appeared between the US and Ukraine, adding that military assistance and a pause intelligence could be canceled in the near future.
“I think if we can get these negotiations and move on to these negotiations and actually put some measures to build the table, then the president will look hard to raise this break,” he told Fox News.
He also said he had “good conversations” with his Ukrainian counterpart about the location and the essence of potential negotiations, adding that there would be a “very short order” movement.
White House press secretary Carolyn Levitt addressed military aid during a press briefing on Wednesday, saying that the United States was simply frozen and reviewed the funding. ”
Ukraine relies heavily on the United States for military aid for the three years after the invasion of Russia, and the decision to pause can have a significant impact on the war.
Stopping intelligence support would also have serious consequences for the battlefield.
It is believed that information helps Ukraine as strategically understands the subsequent movements of Moscow and tactically, such as providing information about the Russian positions of troops for guidance and targeting weapons.
Mick Mulroy, a former deputy defense secretary and retired paramilitary -officer from the CIA, told the BBC that interruption of intelligence to Ukraine “would have an immediate impact” on his ability to defend himself.
“There is no way to replace the opportunities that US intelligence can provide from our European allies,” he said.
“This will probably inspire Russia to press more efforts to take more terrain from Ukraine and away from the negotiating table.”
Additional reporting from Bernd Debusmann JR in the White House