How the lack of intelligence information from the US already affects Ukraine and gives Russia a huge advantage

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LOOK: How Ukraine affects the suspension of US military aid ordered by Trump

The scope of the decision of USA With respect to intelligence information.

The Washington Post He informed that National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) from the United States temporarily suspended access to Ukraine to the system that provided to that country commercial satellite images that USA has bought.

He added that Ukraine You can still access images that has bought with its own accounts.

The CNN chain reported on March 7 that two US defense officials declared that USA Keep sharing intelligence information with Ukraine that can help Ukrainian forces “defend themselves”, but has “reduced” the exchange of intelligence information that Ukrainian forces could use to attack Russian forces.

On March 8, Politico reported that a European official familiar with the intelligence capabilities of the allies “was still baffled” about the scope of the suspension of the United States intelligence exchange and declared that European states may not be able to “close the gap” open by Washington.

Specifically, if Ukraine ceases to have access to US satellite images, their ability to attack within Russia and defending against bombings will be significantly diminished.

The suspension of intelligence support adds to the freezing of military aid to Ukraine decided by Trump.

The decision of USA It is already having its first effects against kyiv. Time magazine reported on March 8 that senior Western and Ukrainian officials declared that The suspension of intelligence has helped Russian forces advance on the battlefield.

A senior officer told Time that Ukraine is now unable to use “some of his best weapons systems”. A source of the Ukrainian government declared that the suspension has affected Ukrainian operations in the Russian region of Kursk and that kyiv’s forces have lost the ability to detect Russian airplanes that approach Ukraineaffected the possibility of warning civilians and military personnel about imminent Russian attacks.

Ukraine Air Defense weakens

For Andrés Gómez de la Torrespecialist in defense and intelligence issues, the first clear manifestation of the aid, both intelligence and military, is the Immediate weakening of the Ukrainian anti -aircraft defensebecause the information of the secret services is tied to the military and logistics capacities linked to the armament that has delivered USA.

“A big problem for Ukraine is that the reaction time of its anti -aircraft and early alert will be reduced, ”said Gómez de la Torre to Commerce.

“Ukraine will not have certain clear and prior information about the missile flight routes and of the military objectives, both own and the enemy. And this is already being seen tangibly on the battlefield these last hours in Kursk and in Donetsk“He added.

“It is also important to underline that the ability of image intelligences, IMINT, will not be developed USA To just mark the whites for possible Ukrainian offensives on the battlefield, ”he noted.

The specialist said that Ukraine will lose the possibility of having more information about Russian Army movements And, therefore, you will reduce your ability to select objectives.

“The intelligence cut is hooked, I repeat, to defense systems Patriotto the systems Himars and long -range missiles Atacms. Ukraine will not be able to neutralize, for example, the Russian hypersonic missile Kinzalwhich has already been used on the battlefield, ”he said.

Can Europe give intelligence information with the effect with which the United States did? Gómez de la Torre commented that so far France It is the country that is helping kyiv on that issue. “But definitely the technological abilities of the French do not compensate for US support,” he said.

Russian’s latest advances

On the battlefield, Russia claimed on Sunday the taking of a town in the Ukrainian region of Sumy For the first time since the war began in February 2022, while Ukrainian soldiers are in difficulties in the Russian region of Kurskinvaded in part by kyiv’s troops in August last year, the AFP agency reported.

In Sumythe Russian Ministry of Defense announced the taking of the small town of Novenkeon the border with Kursk.

Sumy was partially occupied by the Russians at the beginning of the invasion, but subsequently retired.

Meanwhile, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) He informed that Russian forces are destroying bridges in Kursk Already throughout the international border, probably as part of the efforts to prevent Ukrainian troops from retiring to their country.

The ISW said He has not observed reports from Himars or Atacms attacks Ukrainians to support the operations of their troops in Kursk March 7 and 8, which coincides with the suspension of American intelligence information.

Russia has already recovered more than two thirds of the territory initially conquered by Ukraine in Kursk. In February, kyiv said still control about 500 square kilometers.