Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday there had been ‘positive movement’ in cooperation with the United States that could lead to another meeting between the two sides soon.Kyiv is eager to repair ties with its top military supporter against Russia's invasion after Zelensky publicly clashed with US President Donald Trump in the White House last week over how to end the war in Ukraine.’Today our Ukrainian and US teams began working on a meeting. Andriy Yermak and Mike Waltz spoke,’ Zelensky said in his evening address, referring to his chief of staff and the US national security adviser.’There is positive movement. We hope for the first results next week.’Yermak said on X he had ‘exchanged views on security issues and the alignment of positions’ with Waltz, and that they had scheduled a meeting of Ukrainian and US officials ‘in the near future to continue this important work’.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join EU leaders for a Brussels summit Thursday aimed at cementing the bloc's support for Kyiv's three-year fight against Russia's invasion.’President Zelensky will attend the summit in person,’ an EU official said on the eve of the summit gathering all 27 leaders for the first time since Zelensky's White House clash with President Trump upended US support for Ukraine.US pauses intelligence sharing with UkraineThe US has paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday, piling pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to cooperate with US President Donald Trump in convening peace talks with Russia.The suspension, which could hurt Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes, followed a halt this week to US military aid to Kyiv. It underscores Trump's willingness to play hardball with an ally as he pivots to a more conciliatory approach to Moscow from what was strong US support for Ukraine.The pressure appears to have worked, with Trump on Tuesday saying he received a letter from Zelensky in which the Ukrainian leader said he was willing to come to the negotiating table.’I think on the military front and the intelligence front, the pause I think will go away,’ Ratcliffe told Fox Business Network.A source familiar with the situation said the Trump administration had halted ‘everything,’ including targeting data that Ukraine has used to strike Russian targets.Washington on Monday halted military aid to Kyiv following a disastrous Oval Office meeting on Friday in which Trump and Zelenskiy engaged in a shouting match before the world's media.
