France provides military intelligence to Ukraine as US freezes vital information

A Ukrainian soldier looks for Russian drones on the front line near Donetsk (Roman Chop/AP)

France is providing military intelligence to Ukraine after Washington announced it was freezing the sharing of information with Kyiv, French defence minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday.

The US said on Wednesday it had paused its intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped the war-torn nation target Russian invaders, but Trump administration officials have said positive talks between Washington and Kyiv mean it may only be a short suspension.