Reported claim

“Russia sought to blackmail the United States by offering to stop sharing military intelligence with Iran if the United States would cut off Ukraine from its intelligence data.”

high confidence 3 sources

Reported by 1 source.

Sources

Al-Monitor supports medium reliability

I have reports from our intelligence services showing that Russia is doing this and saying: 'I will not pass on intelligence to Iran if America stops passing intelligence to Ukraine.' Isn't that blackmail? Absolutely

2026-03-25

Middle East Eye uncertain medium reliability

This report - we have seen it

2026-03-25

Middle East Eye denies medium reliability

It belongs to the category of untruthful, or rather, false

2026-03-25

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