Biden tells top national security officials leaks about intelligence sharing with Ukrainians must stop

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President Joe Biden recently told his top national security officials that leaks about U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukrainians aren't helpful and need to stop, according to an official familiar with the conversation.

Last week, after the White House denied providing direct intelligence to Ukrainians "with the intent to kill Russian generals," Biden spoke separately with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, CIA Director William Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. He told them that it was not helpful for information to become public about what the U.S. was sharing with the Ukrainian forces fighting the Russian invasion, an official said, and stressed that the leaks regarding such information must stop.

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