CIA chief hopeful that intelligence sharing with Kyiv possible "in the future"

Amid news emerging that the United States has ceised to share intelligence with Ukrainian authorities, the CIA has stated that they will resume sharing those data and providing military aid to the Ukrainian authorities in the future.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe gave this future outlook during an interview to Fox Business, Caliber.Az reports.

"President [Donald] Trump was really questioning whether [Vladimir] Zelenskyy is committed to a peaceful resolution. And he [Trump] said that we need to pause," Ratcliffe said.

He did touch upon Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's most recent statement from March 4, in which he called his now-infamous public heated debate with US President Trump "regrettable." "Zelenskyy issued a statement saying that he is ready for peace and wants it to be achieved under Donald Trump's leadership. So, I think that the pause in the intelligence and military sectors will be lifted," the CIA director responded. 

As Caliber.Az recalls, CIA chief Ratcliffe stated during his interview that he believed the halting of intelligence was what prompted Zelenskyy to issue the public statement. This remark of him was the first indication that a suspension of intelligence information by Washington had occurred.   

By Nazrin Sadigova