US allies are considering reducing the amount of intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Trump administration's conciliatory approach to russia, NBC News reported.
The allies are reportedly weighing the move out of concerns about protecting foreign assets whose identities could be inadvertently exposed.
Allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia and members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance of English-speaking democracies, are exploring revising current intelligence-sharing protocols in light of the Trump administration's warming ties with russia, the sources said.
"Those discussions are already happening," said a source familiar with the discussions.
However, no decisions or actions have been taken, the sources said.
According to the sources, this review is part of a broader study of the spectrum of relations with Washington among many US allies, including diplomacy, trade and military cooperation, as well as intelligence issues.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Thursday that France is already sharing its intelligence with Ukraine. In addition, the country is working to accelerate the provision of aid packages to Ukraine.
On March 5, the Director General of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, confirmed that Washington has stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv.
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