Trump’s Ukraine envoy says Kyiv brought the pause in US intelligence sharing ‘on themselves’

The Trump administration’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia said Thursday that Ukraine “brought it on themselves” in regard to the cutoff of intelligence sharing from the US.

The Trump administration’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia said Thursday that Ukraine “brought it on themselves” in regard to the cutoff of intelligence sharing from the US. “That’s a pretty major concession to Russia, to constrain Ukraine’s ability to target and hit Russian forces,” CBS’ Margaret Brennan, who was moderating the conversation with Keith Kellogg at the Council on Foreign Relations, said of the cutoff on intelligence sharing. “This pressure really seems to be directly impacting potentially what they can do on the battlefield.” “Very candidly, they brought it on themselves, the Ukrainians,” Kellogg said. CNN reported Wednesday that the Trump administration ordered at least a partial halt of intelligence sharing that was assisting Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion. The administration has also paused shipping military aid to Kyiv following the deterioration of the relationship between the US and Ukraine, which was clearly on display in the heated argument in the Oval Office last week between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The cut-off of American military equipment will likely have devastating effects on Ukraine’s capabilities on the battlefield, and could leave civilians in Ukrainian cities vulnerable to Russian strikes. Asked what Ukraine will have to do to turn intelligence sharing and flow of military aid back on, Kellogg pointed to the proposed minerals deal between the US and Ukraine.