The White House issued a new directive on when to share certain intelligence with Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter, showing the fine line the U.S. is walking as it seeks to aid Ukraine while avoiding a direct conflict with Russia.
The sharing of intelligence can be especially delicate because of the risk of revealing U.S. sources and methods and the uncertainty of whether Russia may have infiltrated the Ukrainian government.U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, a Washington Democrat who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, told MSNBC on Thursday that the U.S. was not providing “the type of real-time targeting that you see our military having gotten in conflicts like in Iraq ...
There have been cases in which tactical intelligence has been delayed for 12 hours or more, though most delays appear to be shorter, three people familiar with the matter said. Ukraine has its own intelligence service and has released some of its own findings about Russian plans to attack high-profile targets in the country or stage so-called— such as fabricated attacks by Ukrainian forces — that Moscow could use to justify its invasion.
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