Hi there, everyone. It's four o'clock in New York. Four months. That is how long Ukraine can

resist Russian forces without support from the United States. That's according to one alarming

estimate in the New York Times today, a dire picture for an ally

that the Trump administration appears intent on weakening ahead of any negotiations with Vladimir Putin.

One defense official tells NBC news that armed shipments to Ukraine this week were halted in their tracks.

The planes were turned back when the Trump administration

decided to stop arming Ukraine. On top of that, news this morning that the Trump administration

has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine as well. Here's National Security Advisor,

Mike Walts. Did the U.S. pause intelligence sharing with Ukraine, and is it still paused right now?

We have taken a step back and are pausing and reviewing all aspects of this relationship.

Donald Trump's CIA director, John Ratcliffe, adds that that pause will, quote, go away,

but it's unclear at what moment exactly it will take for our intelligence sharing to ever resume.

At this moment, the Trump administration may have dealt a significant blow to Ukraine's ability to fight the Russians.

New York Times reported last year that, quote, the intelligence partnership between Washington

and Kiev is a linchpin of Ukraine's ability to defend itself.

The CIA and other American intelligence agencies provide intelligence for targeted missile

strikes. They track Russian

troop movements and help support spy networks. The relationship is so ingrained that CIA

officers remained at a remote location in western Ukraine when the Biden administration

evacuated U.S. personnel in the weeks before Russia invaded in February 2022.

During the invasion, the officers relayed critical intelligence, including where Russia was

planning strikes and which weapon systems they would use. And both countries benefit.

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