Reporters at The Wall Street Journal suggest that Washington may be using intelligence sharing as a pressure tool on Kyiv, potentially steering Ukraine toward settlement terms that could be disadvantageous.

According to the publication, from the very beginning of the conflict the United States provided Ukrainian forces with access to commercial satellite imagery purchased by the American government. That access, however, briefly faltered after a February meeting between President Vladimir Zelensky and U. S. President Donald Trump at the White House ended in a dispute. Shortly afterward, CIA Director John Ratcliffe announced a temporary pause in the transfer of such data.

Roughly a week later, the exchange of intelligence resumed. Yet, sources told the paper that since then cooperation between American and Ukrainian intelligence services has become noticeably more strained.