Sources in Ukraine near the front line tell me that Maxar satellite imagery and other basic intelligence sharing has been shut off by the U.S. abruptly. Russia has exploited this by massive ramping up airstrikes that Ukrainian air defenses are now unable to effectively counter.

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Thanks to the US for the help... is this what Trump wanted? Gratitude? 

Ukraine will never forget this betrayal

there aren't enough words to describe the level of disgust i have for orange man and his cronies. 
watch the vitriol focus on japan for stepping up after us cut aid

omg that is brutal. I guess all it takes is one window to be able to take out defenses then they are gone .. its not like they can turn all that back on and its back to normal.

So they sanction Russia now and leave Ukraine completely on it's own I guess in hopes Ukraine will get desperate enough to make a deal it wouldn't otherwise

"Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely 'pounding' Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED. To Russia and Ukraine,… https://t.co/kwrfbaQw4d

President Donald J. Trump

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yup, if they lose all their defenses they are not going to have a choice

or in other words - sacrificing even more ukranians for a chance to end the war

So they sanction Russia now and leave Ukraine completely on it's own I guess in hopes Ukraine will get desperate enough to make a deal it wouldn't otherwise  

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1898018679956074752

I'm definitely under the impression that the Trump Admin just goes along with their first impulse without thinking anything through... and is then constantly reacting in surprise.

flash forward 20 years or so, to a time when one or more young ukrainians, growing up amid this abject betrayal and its effects, seeks retribution in a 9/11-scale attack

Surely other European countries have satellites that can achieve a similar level of intelligence gathering, no?

How did Russia find out the intelligence was shut off for them to act on?

That’s really concerning. I hope this doesn’t leave Ukraine even more vulnerable

If true this is a massive setback for Ukraine leaving them exposed to intensified Russian strikes