Vladislav Grigoriev14:41, 05.03.25
It is noted that the decision is connected with the failed meeting between Zelensky and Trump in the Oval Office.
The United States has suspended arms and intelligence supplies to Ukraine. CIA Director John Ratcliffe announced this on his page on the social network X.
“US pauses arms and intelligence supplies to Ukraine ahead of Oval Office meeting. Ratcliffe says he looks forward to lifting pause and working with Ukraine toward peace following letter to President,” he wrote.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe : I JUST FOLLOW THE ORDERS OF THE KGB.
Only sharing data with Russia no doubt….
C.I.A. Director Says U.S. Has Paused Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine
Trump administration officials say the halt in assistance is a warning to the Ukrainians of the consequences of not cooperating with the president.
The C.I.A. director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been paused alongside military aid to pressure its government to cooperate with the Trump administration’s plans to end the country’s war with Russia.
Speaking on Fox Business, Mr. Ratcliffe applauded the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s statement on Tuesday praising President Trump and insisting that he supported peace with Russia. Mr. Ratcliffe said he thought intelligence sharing would resume.
“President Zelensky put out a statement that said, ‘I am ready for peace and I want President Donald Trump’s leadership to bring about that peace,’” Mr. Ratcliffe said. “And so 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.”
On Tuesday, after Mr. Trump ordered a halt to military assistance, officials differed on whether the United States was continuing to share intelligence. One official said all intelligence that was not directly related to the protection of Ukrainian troops had been put on hold. Another official said that exception covered most intelligence sharing, and information still was flowing to Ukrainian forces.
Mr. Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Mr. Trump asked for a pause on intelligence sharing. And his comments suggest that the C.I.A. put at least some of its intelligence sharing with Ukraine on hold for a short time.
Trump administration officials have said the pauses were a warning to the Ukrainians of the consequences if they did not cooperate with Mr. Trump’s peace plan. The details of those plans remain unclear. Mr. Trump has spoken approvingly of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and his aides have endorsed elements of the country’s ideas for ending the war.
But European countries are trying to develop their own plan that could win over both Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky.
Hi Larry,
There is an article running in the NYT that looks interesting. If you agree, please could you copy and paste it?
It’s headed ;
“Trump is Hiding Something on Ukraine”
Trump Is Hiding Something on Ukraine
By Thomas L. Friedman
Whenever President Trump talks about Ukraine there is always something off, something missing, that makes you wonder what he is really up to — and his brief remarks on Ukraine to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night were no exception.
He crazily exaggerated how much the U.S. has contributed to Ukraine’s war effort as opposed to what our European allies have given. When he talked about the human toll of the war, he first mourned “Russian young people” and then “Ukrainian young people” — as if they were both hit by a meteor, the one before the other. And he declared that he has received “strong signals” from Vladimir Putin that he wants peace, but offered no details.
If there is one thing that I have learned in journalism it is that when you don’t call things by their real name, there is usually a reason — you are hiding something, some motivation, some intent.
How to explain that in Trump’s case? Well, he is either the most pliant Western negotiator against the enemies of liberty since Neville Chamberlain, making concessions to the aggressor before talks have even started, or he actually prefers the friendship of Putin over our European allies and courageous Ukrainian democrats.
Because right now the Trump administration is behaving in ways that trouble a great many patriotic Americans — sticking a knife in the back of a nation struggling for liberty, Ukraine, by cutting off its vital U.S. weapons supplies and trying to extort its minerals, before Russia has even agreed to a cease-fire.
Imagine Trump was trying to sell a Trump Tower to a Russian — let’s call him Vladimir — and Trump brought along his banker. What would Trump think if, before the negotiating began, his banker proclaimed, “Donald, you have no cards, we’ve just cut off your line of credit, and before we even let you start negotiating to sell this building, you need to take out a second mortgage on it and give me all the money.”
That is exactly what Trump did to Volodymyr Zelensky. Something doesn’t smell right in this story. I don’t know where it ends, but I think I know where it starts: When it comes to the defense of liberty, President Trump does not share the values of the best of his 44 predecessors. And if that is right, Ukrainians, in the end, will never buy what Trump is selling. Our European allies won’t, either.
Only Putin might, but, as Trump said in his speech, to make peace, “You have to talk to both sides.” He meant Putin, but Trump should actually start with our own allies. They are the ones who don’t understand him. Putin does.
Strange – I posted it hours ago. Can anyone check to see if it was “binned”?
I might as well just post it again. (Apparently, the word li.ber.ty triggers a ban due to a muppet who may not be named. LOL.)
Trump Is Hiding Something on Ukraine
By Thomas L. Friedman
Whenever President Trump talks about Ukraine there is always something off, something missing, that makes you wonder what he is really up to — and his brief remarks on Ukraine to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night were no exception.
He crazily exaggerated how much the U.S. has contributed to Ukraine’s war effort as opposed to what our European allies have given. When he talked about the human toll of the war, he first mourned “Russian young people” and then “Ukrainian young people” — as if they were both hit by a meteor, the one before the other. And he declared that he has received “strong signals” from Vladimir Putin that he wants peace, but offered no details.
If there is one thing that I have learned in journalism it is that when you don’t call things by their real name, there is usually a reason — you are hiding something, some motivation, some intent.
How to explain that in Trump’s case? Well, he is either the most pliant Western negotiator against the enemies of li.ber.ty since Neville Chamberlain, making concessions to the aggressor before talks have even started, or he actually prefers the friendship of Putin over our European allies and courageous Ukrainian democrats.
Because right now the Trump administration is behaving in ways that trouble a great many patriotic Americans — sticking a knife in the back of a nation struggling for li.ber.ty, Ukraine, by cutting off its vital U.S. weapons supplies and trying to extort its minerals, before Russia has even agreed to a cease-fire.
Imagine Trump was trying to sell a Trump Tower to a Russian — let’s call him Vladimir — and Trump brought along his banker. What would Trump think if, before the negotiating began, his banker proclaimed, “Donald, you have no cards, we’ve just cut off your line of credit, and before we even let you start negotiating to sell this building, you need to take out a second mortgage on it and give me all the money.”
That is exactly what Trump did to Volodymyr Zelensky. Something doesn’t smell right in this story. I don’t know where it ends, but I think I know where it starts: When it comes to the defense of li.ber.ty, President Trump does not share the values of the best of his 44 predecessors. And if that is right, Ukrainians, in the end, will never buy what Trump is selling. Our European allies won’t, either.
Only Putin might, but, as Trump said in his speech, to make peace, “You have to talk to both sides.” He meant Putin, but Trump should actually start with our own allies. They are the ones who don’t understand him. Putin does.
Thank you!
Surprisingly short article, but impactful.
Trumpkov is a monster who is now killing Ukrainian soldiers.