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US Intelligence Cooperation With Ukraine Rebounds to Previous Levels, Lawmakers Say
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Intelligence cooperation between the United States and Ukraine has rebounded to previous levels, according to US lawmakers and analysts cited by Politico, providing Kyiv with a significant boost during what they describe as a critical stage of the war.
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and a longtime advocate of increased US support for Ukraine, said he has seen clear signs that intelligence sharing has improved and believes it has helped Kyiv strengthen its position in the war.
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“I don’t want to get into any specifics, but it has improved” Warner said, adding that Ukraine’s use of drones and long-range missiles has enabled it to strike deep inside Russian territory and gain an operational advantage.
Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, also told Politico that intelligence cooperation between Washington and Kyiv has intensified at a strategically important moment.
“It sure seems like that. Everybody loves a winner and looks like Ukraine has turned the tide,” Cornyn said.
Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he has also observed signs of stronger cooperation between the two countries following visits to Ukraine in April 2025 and July 2026.
George Barros, innovation and open-source analysis director at the Institute for the Study of War, said US intelligence support has been a decisive factor in improving Ukraine’s position.
According to Barros, US President Donald Trump approved intelligence sharing last year to support Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, which he described as a key element of a broader strategy aimed at increasing pressure on Moscow to negotiate.
Those strikes were “supercharged,” Barros said, adding that they became significantly more effective because of US intelligence support and formed part of “larger, more coherent strategy for how to actually create real costs.”
The reported improvement in intelligence cooperation comes despite continued constraints on US military assistance. On August 5, the Financial Times reported that Donald Trump declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request for several hundred additional Patriot interceptor missiles, citing limited US stockpiles and growing defense requirements in the Middle East.
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