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U.S. and Ukraine Restore High-Intensity Intel Sharing, Raising Pressure on Russia

A senior U.S. senator says Washington and Kyiv have brought intelligence cooperation back to its previous ‘high’ levels, reversing months of quieter coordination. The shift gives Ukraine more targeting insight at a critical moment in the war and signals that the White House is again willing to lean on classified tools to pressure Russia.

Ukraine’s generals have quietly recovered something almost as valuable as ammunition: access to the full weight of U.S. intelligence. A senior Democratic senator with direct oversight of spy agencies said this week that information sharing between Washington and Kyiv has returned to its earlier, high‑intensity levels, strengthening Ukraine’s hand in what he called a critical window of opportunity on the battlefield. The lawmaker, a leading member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a long‑time advocate of expanding aid to Kyiv, described “signs of improvement” in the intelligence‑sharing arrangement after a period of restraint. His comments, made public on 6 August, suggest that earlier limits imposed by the Biden and then…

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