<p >The United States has reportedly given express orders that American-generated intelligence shared with the United Kingdom was not to be shared with following a freezing of intelligence sharing with Ukraine directly. The suspension of intelligence sharing was widely reported by a number of Western media outlets, before being confirmed on March 5 by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, with British media outlets <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/05/how-trump-left-ukraine-blind-without-us-intelligence/" target="_blank">criticising</a> these steps as “blinding” Ukrainian forces and dealing them a “devastating blow.”&nbsp;These developments follow a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington which was widely assessed to have been&nbsp;<a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/trump-slams-disrespectful-zelensky-gambling-world-war-iii" >disastrous</a>, and to have widened the already significant rift between Washington and European states regarding their positions towards the war.&nbsp;&nbsp;An inability to share American-generated intelligence closes a major potential loophole for Ukraine to have continued to receive key information to further its military goals, as the United Kingdom has not only been among the most supportive countries, but also benefits from particular high levels of intelligence sharing with the United States.&nbsp;</p><p >Alongside the cutting of intelligence sharing, Washington has also ceased to provide military aid to Ukraine, while United States Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. in late February <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-threat-cut-starlink-access-leverage-ukraine" target="_blank" >threatened</a> to impose an “imminent shutoff” of the Starlink satellite service if Kiev did not make concessions on ceding ownership of significant portions of the country’s mineral wealth. The loss of Starlink has the potential to devastate the command and control capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which at a time of mounting losses and Russian advances could prove to be decisive. Amid mounting Russian advances, the shift in Washington’s position towards the Ukrainian war effort has left Kiev’s position increasingly uncertain, with other NATO members including the United Kingdom having <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/britain-new-western-coalition-deploy-ground-forces-ukraine" target="_blank">continued to express</a> strong support for continuing the conflict, while escalating their own material backing.</p>
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