France is offering military intelligence to Ukraine after Washington revealed it was freezing the sharing of info with Kyiv, French defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu stated Thursday.
The U.S. stated Wednesday it had actually paused its intelligence showing Ukraine, cutting off the circulation of essential info that has actually assisted the war-torn country target Russian intruders, however Trump administration authorities have actually stated that favorable talks in between Washington and Kyiv suggest it might just be a brief suspension.
American intelligence is essential for Ukraine to track Russian troop motions and choose targets.
Talking To France Inter radio on Thursday, Lecornu stated France is continuing its intelligence sharing.
” Our intelligence is sovereign,” Lecornu stated. “We have intelligence that we permit Ukraine to take advantage of.”
Lecornu included that following the United States choice to suspend all military help to Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron asked him to “speed up the different French help plans” to offset the absence of American help.
Lecornu stated that in the wake of the U.S. choice, deliveries of Ukraine-bound help leaving from Poland had actually been suspended, including nevertheless that “Ukrainians, sadly, have actually found out to eliminate this war for 3 years now and understand how to stock.”