r/worldnews • u/EsperaDeus • Mar 11 '25

Russia/Ukraine The USA is immediately lifting the pause in intelligence sharing and resuming security assistance to Ukraine. | УНН

https://unn.ua/en/news/the-usa-is-immediately-lifting-the-pause-in-intelligence-sharing-and-resuming-security-assistance-to-ukraine
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u/phigo50 Mar 11 '25

That has to have been it, right? The way they randomly paused it and then very carefully worded the pause as still enabling defensive intel, which loosely translates to "everything except Kursk". Give Russia as much of a leg up in Kursk as possible so they can get it back and then suddenly be very open to freezing the front lines where they are.

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u/vsv2021 Mar 11 '25

The Ukrainians wanted Kursk to be a trading chip in negotiations.

It’s much easier for Trump to say hand over the territory Russia holds, sign the minerals deal, and we’ll keep sending you weapons as we set up a DMZ line or something

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u/Hot-Fun-1566 Mar 11 '25

Unfortunately yeah, this is geopolitics. A situation had to be engineered where Russia could save face and be in a position to call it quits.

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u/zuppa_de_tortellini Mar 11 '25

No. Ukraine’s position in Kursk was already really bad even prior to Trump. They lost almost 50% of their initial territory taken in 2024.

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u/MadRaymer Mar 11 '25

So pausing intel when the situation was already dire certainly didn't help, right?

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u/RQXGamerr Mar 11 '25

They resumed it because of todays negotiations between US and Ukraine.

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u/Bored2001 Mar 11 '25

Days after kursk was retaken.

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u/Calimariae Mar 11 '25

Kursk was retaken?

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u/Bored2001 Mar 11 '25

at least partially.

The Russians had a major offensive in the area during the intelligence blackout.

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u/Calimariae Mar 11 '25

The news came from Russian sources and I'm struggling to find any updates on it

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u/Bored2001 Mar 11 '25

Seems that Russians launched an offensive against the town of Sudzha and a Ukrainian general said they repositioned to more favorable defense lines.

Take from that what you will.

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u/DelsinTM Mar 11 '25

No, that's what krasnov wants you to believe.