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U.S. Bans U.K. from Conduiting U.S. Intelligence to Ukraine

Government Communications Headquarters (USGQ). Credit: cc-by-sa GCHQ

March 6, 2025 (EIRNS)—According to the British Daily Mail tabloid, all U.K. intelligence agencies and military outlets “received an order expressly forbidding the sharing of U.S.-generated intelligence” marked as ‘Rel UKR’—meaning ‘Releasable to Ukraine.’ The move would further undermine Kiev’s ability to fight Russia, the newspaper noted

The suspension, which reportedly has no exact timeframe, is expected to affect such British agencies as the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), MI6, and the Ministry of Defense. U.K. military intelligence expert Phil Ingram told the Daily Mail that ‘The U.S.’s intelligence partners, including Britain, have had their authority to pass on intelligence revoked. The U.S. will tightly control distribution of its intelligence to Ukraine through agencies based in Kyiv.'

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