was halted for an urgent announcement about the United States and . Jayne Secker paused the programme to reveal that the US has stopped sharing intelligence with .
Secker began: “In the last few minutes, a bit of breaking news we can bring you from our security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes. She has been told that the US has stopped sharing some intelligence with that could be used to launch attacks inside .
“This has come in from a Ukrainian source. The source said American intelligence sharing has not haltered completely, describing the move as selective, indicating this means that US intelligence would still be shared with that could be used to attack Russian forces or Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.
“This is, of course, another blow for Kiev after decided to pause military aid following that difficult conversation with president Zelensky on Friday.”
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The breaking news will no doubt be a huge blow for Volodymyr Zelensky (Image: AP)
Last week, the Ukrainian president arrived in Washington to sign a mineral deal which was set to preserve US backing. While it was hoped that the meeting would strengthen a difficult relationship between the new administration in the White House and Kyiv, it ended in a fiery row between Trump and .
Trump, 78, accused Zelensky, 47, of “gambling with World War Three” in a series of testy exchanges, while Zelensky warned that the US would “feel it in the future” if it did not continue to support .
“Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem,” Trump hit back.
Zelensky told Trump that promises of peace from can’t be trusted, noting the Russian leader’s history of broken promises. Trump said Putin hasn’t broken agreements with him.
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Trump and Zelensky became embroiled in a furious row (Image: Getty)
earlier in the week, claiming the Ukrainian President “doesn’t want there to be peace”.
In a on Monday, the US President had a furious reaction to comments from Zelensky that a deal to end the war between and remains “very, very far away”.
Trump wrote: “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer!
“It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against . What are they thinking?”