A serviceman during a tactical exercise involving the armed forces of Ukraine and NATO countries. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 27The United States has lifted a number of restrictions on the transfer of intelligence information to Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with this decision. According to these data, such a step was taken after a member of the US House Intelligence Committee sent a confidential message urging the administration of President Joe Biden to remove such restrictions. In April, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes notified Congress that such a decision had been made, the source said.The West is very scared: Russia is winning. Increasing intelligence sharing with Ukraine is expected to help Kyiv «defend and potentially retake territories» where hostilities are currently taking place. In recent weeks, the US has significantly increased military assistance to Ukraine. Earlier, the Pentagon announced the allocation of another package of military assistance to Kyiv, within which the United States plans to transfer, among other things, 11 Mi-17 helicopters. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
