France says Europeans provide two-thirds of intelligence to Ukraine
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has stated that Europe has long been providing the bulk of support to Kyiv and that two-thirds of the intelligence shared with Ukraine comes from Europeans, particularly France.
Source: European Pravda, citing Barrot on France Inter
Details: The foreign minister noted that since the start of the war in Ukraine, they have been told 20 times that Ukraine would fall and that the US was abandoning Ukraine.
However, Barrot maintained that the truth is that Europe has long been providing the bulk of the support to Kyiv.
The minister also said that two-thirds of the intelligence currently being provided to Ukraine comes from Europeans, and from France in particular.
Barrot stressed that they are fighting a war not only on the battlefield but also in people's minds.
He accused the Kremlin and its social media trolls of seeking to turn Europeans away from supporting Ukraine and Ukrainians.
Background:
- According to The Washington Post, the US has threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine if the Ukrainian military carries out further strikes on Russian energy facilities.
- On Tuesday, Zelenskyy confirmed in an interview with NPR that the Ukrainian military had received warnings and threats regarding intelligence-sharing, but these threats had not yet been carried out.
- On 13 October, Trump himself denied that the US had stopped providing intelligence to Ukraine.
- The European Commission stated that it had seen no signs that intelligence-sharing between Ukraine and the US had been halted.
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