PARIS — France is providing intelligence to Ukraine despite the Trump administration’s decision to stop doing so, French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu said Thursday.
On Wednesday, the United States temporarily cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv in an effort to put pressure on Ukrainians to get to the negotiating table.
Asked whether Europeans could replace the intelligence provided by the U.S., Lecornu replied on French radio station France Inter that Paris was already sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
“I think that for our British friends, who are in an intelligence community with the U.S., it’s more complicated.” he said, referring to the Five Eyes group that also gathers Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
“Our intelligence is sovereign. Yes, we have intelligence resources that we share with the Ukrainians,” he added.
Earlier this week, the U.S. also halted sending military aid to Ukraine, leaving the country vulnerable to aerial attacks by Russia.
Lecornu also addressed the idea that U.S. President Donald Trump might be trying to use military aid to Ukraine as negotiation leverage with Russia.
“If it’s a tool for negotiating and putting pressure on the Ukrainians, it’s very hard for them and morally detestable,” he said.
The French minister added that President Emmanuel Macron asked him to accelerate French aid to Kyiv, without providing more details.
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