(UPDATED) Ukraine: Putin's Puppets swing into action: Donald Trump cuts off U.S. intelligence, military aid, and blocks Ukrainian access to commercially-available satellite imagery
Ukraine War: Trump helps Putin handicap Ukrainian military
BACKGROUND
1Julian E. Barnes, David F. Sanger, and Helene Cooper, )”Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia;The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war,” New York Times, March 2, 2025.
2) Ellen Nakashimaand Joseph Mann,”As Trump warms to Putin, U.S. halts offensive cyber operations against Moscow; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to pause cyber and information operations against Russia as Trump seeks to bring Putin to the negotiating table to end war in Ukraine." Washington Post, March 2, 2025.
3)Lara Jakes and Cassandra Vinograd, “Why Is Trump Pausing Aid to Ukraine? What to Know.The decision marked the realization of a fear that has racked Ukraine since President Trump’s re-election,” Washington Post, March 4, 2025 (Updated March 5, 2025, at 12:22 a.m. ET).
4)WarrenP. Stroebel, Siobhán O’Grady, Ellen Nakashima, and Kosryantun khudov,”U.S. pauses sharing the intelligence Ukraine uses for strikes on Russia; The rupture in intelligence-sharing, confirmed by the CIA director, involves the targeting of longer-range strikes inside Russia,” Washington Post, March 5, 2025 (updated at 10:28 a.m.).
UPDATE
Eve Sampson, “U.S. Suspends Ukraine’s Access to Satellite Imagery; Ukraine uses the technology to track the movement of Russian troops and assess damage to infrastructure, New York Times, March 7, 2025;
President Donald Trump, according to all the evidence,1 appears to be a Russian agent.
Read that line again.
Try to digest the significance of that statement.
Think for a few minutes about the implications.
Take a few minutes to write down the implications that occur to you.
Trump has directed the head of the Cyber Command of the armed forces to stop developing countermeasures directed against Russia.
On March 3, Trump cut off all foreign assistance to Ukraine.
On March 5, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. had halted the supply of intelligence information to Ukraine including that needed for hitting targets inside Russia.
Update - March 8, 2025
On March 8, it was reported that Trump has cut off Uktainian access to commercially available satellite imagery. This action goes beond cutting off U.S. government satellite imagery.
This cut-off appears o be an active measure against Ukraine which will directly benefit the Russian forces engaged in a continuing vwar of aggression against Ukraine.
Should these moves come as a surprise?
Absolutely not!
What else would you expect from a Russian agent under the control of Vladimir Putin?
Putin's Puppet and all the little Russian puppets who serve under him are just getting started.
What can patriots do to defend the country from this Russian onslaught?
Take a few minutes to think about that. Write down your thoughts.
Share them with other readers in the Comments section
FURTHER READING
1)Elisabeth Bumiller,” ‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves; People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families,” New York Times, March 6, 2025;
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