United States and Ukraine restore high-level intelligence sharing after 2025 suspension

The US and Ukraine have quietly rebuilt what was, for a brief and costly period, a broken pipeline. As of August 5, 2026, the two countries have restored their intelligence-sharing relationship to pre-2025 levels, reversing a suspension that Ukrainian military officials say resulted in hundreds of casualties among their forces. The renewed arrangement goes both ways. Ukraine is now receiving advanced satellite data, targeting information, and timely attack warnings from the US. In return, Kyiv has handed over critical evidence of Russia sharing electronic intelligence with Iran, giving Washington a clearer picture of a partnership it has long suspected but struggled to document. What broke and what it cost The intelligence relationship hit a wall in March 2025. The suspension stemmed from political dynamics within the US, triggered in part by a fraught meeting between then-President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. The fallout was immediate and measurable on the battlefield. The human toll was significant. Ukrainian military officials have attributed hundreds of additional casualties during the suspension period to the intelligence gap. A relationship described as ‘supercha...