The cessation of the provision of intelligence data by the US to Ukraine has affected the highly mobile M142 HIMARS missile systems, which the Ukrainian Defense Forces use to launch long-range strikes against russian troops.
This is evidenced by media reports, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
The Economist journalist Oliver Carroll wrote on X, citing an unnamed source, that the Americans have stopped providing data necessary for targeting missiles used in the HIMARS systems.
Carroll also claims that on March 5 at 2 p.m. Kyiv time, the US cut a key communication channel for notifications.
In addition, he writes, the Ukrainian army no longer receives real-time information about long-range strikes.
America cut a key intel link for alerts at 2pm Kyiv. Before that: targeting data for HIMARS. Ukraine also isn’t receiving realtime information for long-range strikes. “Trump wanted a thank you,” says a source. “We will be writing it on graves of dead Ukrainians”
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) March 5, 2025
The Washington Post reported, citing an unnamed Ukrainian military official, that at least one Ukrainian military unit armed with HIMARS systems had not received coordinates for strikes more than 65 kilometers beyond the contact line for a month.
American intelligence allowed the Ukrainians to use ATACMS ballistic missiles to strike russian army targets deep inside the occupied territory.
Such strikes forced the russians to move their logistics centers hundreds of kilometers from the front line, which affected the supply of units on the front line.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on March 5, the Director General of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, confirmed that Washington has stopped exchanging intelligence with Kyiv.
According to British media, the exchange of information that allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike at russian territory was stopped, while other data will allegedly continue to be transferred to Ukrainians.
Recall that on March 4, US President Donald Trump ordered the cessation of arms supplies to Ukraine in response to his public spat with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on February 28.
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