
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio denied Zelensky's previous statement that the United States had suspended the sharing of battlefield intelligence in Ukraine, and urged Zelensky to focus on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Ukrainian President Zelensky recently said that the United States stopped sharing intelligence for a time, but U.S. Secretary of State Rubio publicly denied this.
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio denies that the United States has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine. (AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently claimed that the United States stopped sharing Russian-Ukrainian battlefield intelligence with Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied this today (19th) and said that Zelenskyy should focus on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
"Reuters" reported that Zelensky bluntly stated on the American National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) program on Sunday that intelligence from the United States was interrupted for a time, but later the intelligence was "unblocked." He said: "We are very grateful for this. Everything is normal now."
In response to Zelensky's statement, Rubio, who is currently visiting Uzbekistan, responded that the United States has never stopped sharing intelligence. "I don't understand where he got such an idea or why he said this to the media. You should go back and ask him. There is no interruption."
Rubio added: "What he should be focusing on, and what we want to be focused on, is ending this war. That's what he should be concerned about."
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