“Whatever is shared with Ukraine will very soon be in the hands of the Russians and we don’t want to divulge our full capabilities. “
They can buy up-to-the-minute satellite photos from the French.
Yup. And the Russians see the same things we do.
Our excuse is pathetic because we’re really of two minds about Ukraine, not that the GRU won’t inform the Kremlin about what we know anyway.
By withholding information, we’re just communicating to the Russians we’re not going to do a damned thing to stop them. But they know that already.