The U.S. has paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday, piling pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to cooperate with U.S. President Donald Trump in convening peace talks with Russia.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in an interview on Fox Business that he thinks President Trump’s recent pause on military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine will “go away.”

CIA Director John Ratcliffe says intelligence sharing with Ukraine has been paused. NBC News’ Courtney Kube reports more. Former Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary for Russia Evelyn Farkas joins José Díaz-Balart to provide more insight on how this could help Russia.

The Trump administration appears to have ordered at least a partial halt to the crucial intelligence that the United States shares with Ukraine to defend against the Russian invasion, according to a US military official and public remarks made by top Trump administration officials.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe says pause is leverage against Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for peace talks but lawmakers say people could die as result.