Ukrainian frontline fury as ‘US missiles turned off’ after Trump axes intel sharing leaving troops ‘fighting blind’

Europe does not have the intelligence capabilities that Ukraine receives from the US,

said Miron,

The United States can provide Ukraine the coordinates or satellite imagery of where the Russian logistical centres are located, and then Ukraine can use that information to destroy them,

Marina Miron, a postdoctoral researcher at the Defence Studies Department at King’s College London, told Al Jazeera

He said that his unit and many like him right the way along that 1,300km [808 miles] front line in the east and south of Ukraine relied on American intelligence gathering for around 90 percent of the intelligence work that is done,

Stratford said

They [the US] also talked about stopping military aid to Ukraine, which the Ukrainians admit would hit their war efforts.”

Fisher explained

Michael Waltznational security adviser

I think we’re going to see movement in very short order,

Waltz said

Joe Bidenunited States President

We have a significant intelligence capability.”

When asked how he knew this, Biden said

I really, really hope that in the near future we can restore sharing of this information,

said Oleksandr Musiienko, head of the Kyiv-based Center for Military and Legal Studies

This looks like a thug tactic—blackmailing and trying to break Ukrainian society into submission before negotiations,

Yeremkiv said, calling it a “very weak and pathetic decision.”

Every day that passes without a solution can be costly for Ukraine, particularly if Russia decides to exploit this weakness,

said Michael A. Horowitz, a geopolitical and security analyst who is the head of intelligence at the Le Beck consultancy

We will lose some types of information about flying warplanes from Russian airfields, about launching their terrorist attacks,

added Musiienko, who also serves in the country’s Territorial Defense Forces

It’s great that we are not alone,

he told his fellow leaders

America cut a key intel link for alerts at 2 p.m. Kyiv. Before that: targeting data for HIMARS. Ukraine also isn't receiving real-time information for long-range strikes."

The Economist's Oliver Carroll said on Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter

This mostly concerns the exchange of imagery. This isn’t critical because European companies have their own satellites, but not all these are focused on military dislocation and movements, which is important,

Kondratiuk emphasised

GB News have made the decision to permanently relieve me of my duties at the channel. I will speak publicly about this in due course."

Taking to X, Dolan disclosed news of his exit from the Saturday evening programme he'd helmed for four years, writing

Donald Trump has pulled the plug on intelligence..."

Having her say on the matter, Webster, 42, made a dig at the US president as she took to her Instagram Stories, writing

The pause on providing materiel to Ukraine against Putin’s aggression is unconscionable on its own, but the idea that we will now withhold life-saving intelligence from Ukrainians who are fighting and dying is unforgivable,

Himes said in a statement

The signal it sends is atrocious,

said Marc Polymeropoulos, a former senior CIA officer

The decision to stop intelligence assistance is foolhardy and ill-considered. Good intelligence cooperation should be kept secret and outside the vagaries of politics,

Sipher said

I appreciate that he sent this letter … Simultaneously, we’ve had serious discussions with Russia and have received strong signals that they are ready for peace. Wouldn’t that be beautiful?”

In a speech to Congress on Tuesday night, Trump called the letter “important” and said

Donald Trump might be surprised to find that when he pulls the levers they have little impact,

they added