On Monday, President Trump Trump said that all US military aid to Ukraine, as senior military officials, said, a few days after Mr. Trump and President Voludimir Zelinsky from Ukraine said An explosive confrontation in the White House.
It affects more than a billion dollars in weapons and ammunition in the pipeline and on demand. On Monday, officials of the White House meetings between Mr. Trump and his national security assistants said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The officials said that the guidance would be in effect until Mr. Trump decided that Ukraine showed a good commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.
Mr. Trump’s decision rises greatly between the breach between Washington and Kiev, at a critical moment in the conflict. The most urgent beneficiary of this step is President Vladimir F. Putin from Russia. If the suspension is long, he can use time to click on more regional gains. He may decide to back down from any negotiations at all, with the determination that any long conflict between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zellinski will not only enhance his position, either in the battlefield or when the shooting talks occur.
Mr. Trump’s move has some direct precedents in recent American history. While the United States has stopped transferring specific arms systems to allies and partners, such as the decision of President Joseph R. Biden Junior suspends the 2000 -pound delivery operations to Israel, which was afraid to be used against civilians in Gaza in Gaza, is mainly completely. Mr. Zelinski is forced to agree to the ceasefire with conditions dictated by Mr. Trump, or condemn the country with the loss of the largest battlefield.
The comment also puts the United States in direct opposition to its main allies in NATO. Most of the largest European countries, led by France, Britain and Germany, have pledged to provide assistance to Ukraine in recent days, where he stands with Mr. Zellinski in his conflict with the Trump administration. But they simply do not have stocks to make up for the short -term difference.
The direction of Mr. Trump, who was reported earlier by Bloomberg News, stops delivery of equipment from the Pentagon stocks as aid through the Ukraine security assistance initiative, which provides the money that Kiev can only use to buy new military devices directly from American defense companies. It was not clear what Mr. Zellinski would need to do for Mr. Trump to resume military assistance.
Mr. Trump has increased with Mr. Putin and his novel about the war in Ukraine. He claimed that it was Ukraine that began the war and called Mr. Zelinski, who was democratically elected, “dictator”.
Mr. Putin was called “smart” and “Macher”, but he refused to call it a dictator. In recent days, Mr. Trump has talked about how he and Mr. Putin were mobilized by passing the common ordeal to investigate Moscow’s attempts to tilt elections eight years ago to Mr. Trump. US intelligence officials concluded at the time that Mr. Putin’s agencies had actively worked to swing in the 2016 elections for Mr. Trump, which was the conclusion that Mr. Trump had refused and invited part of the “Russia’s trick”.
Tensions between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zellinski exploded in an open championship on Friday, when the two men were supposed to sign a deal in the White House for Ukraine to hand over the rights of rare minerals to pay American military aid over the past three years. Instead, Mr. Trump and Vice President JD VANCE reprimanded Mr. Zellinski in front of the cameras for not grateful enough to support us.
The fate of the metal deal remained unclear.
Mr. Trump said on Monday that he did not believe that the metal deal had died, describing it as “great for us”, but there was one thing he needed to see him from Mr. Zellinski to restart the negotiations.
“I think it should be more appreciated,” Mr. Trump told reporters.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump The comments made by Mr. Zellinski were seized During the weekend when he expected the peace agreement with Russia “is still very far.”
“This is the worst statement that Zelinski could have made, and America will not bear with him for a longer period!” Mr. Trump wrote on social media.
On Monday, many cabinet members of Mr. Trump continued to join the allies in the indication that Mr. Zelinski was responsible for the diplomatic collapse, and they should show remorse on the episode of the Oval Office.
Trade Minister Howard Lootnick He said in an interview with CNN on Monday It was “very far” by Mr. Zelinski to demand, as part of any deal, “compensation” and the return of the seized lands from Russia and security guarantees.
Mr. Lootnick said: “You have to say,” We love America, and we appreciate America, we want you to our side, and if you think we must have peace, we must get peace. “
“This is not a peacemaker, this is my stimuli.”
Mr. Lootnick suggested that Mr. Trump was still committed to hearing in a deal between Ukraine and Russia, and “overcame both sides down to the table.”
A senior official said on Friday that in the wake of the meeting of the Oval Office, the Trump administration immediately began discussing discussions on cutting or limiting military aid and training and perhaps supporting military intelligence for Ukraine. It was not clear late on Monday whether Mr. Trump had also directed the officials to reduce intelligence participation, although one of the senior officials said he was still flowing – at the present time.
Mr. Trump held a meeting of the members of the National Security Team on Monday to discuss management options.
The decision comes in a critical moment in the Ukraine war against the Russian aggression, and as Mr. Trump explained in recent weeks that the days of isolating Moscow have ended.
US officials and analysts said on Monday that by producing weapons and delivering weapons from Europe, Ukraine was able to withstand the United States from a few weeks, up to a few months.
“The truth is that Ukraine is less dependent on the United States on the United States to meet its daily combat needs than it was a year ago,” said Michael Kauman, a Carnegie’s oldest colleague for international peace, who visited Ukraine several times since the war began three years ago on the United States to meet its daily combat needs than it was a year ago since the war began three years ago.
But if the stopping in delivery operations go longer, Ukraine will lose its supplies to some advanced weapons, including advanced air defense systems, ballistic missiles from the surface to the surface and long -range missile artillery. The United States also provides spare parts, maintenance and technical support.
Mr. Zelinski said that cutting military aid would be a devastating blow, but it will not end the fighting.
He said during an interview with him last month: “The United States’ contribution to the defensive ability and security of Ukraine is now about 30 percent.” “You can imagine what will happen to us without this 30 percent crucial.”
US military aid stopped flowing to Ukraine last year for several months after Mr. Trump pressed his Republican Republican allies in Congress to block assistance.
The effects were for the first time in the night air strikes that Russia directed to energy infrastructure throughout the country. With the empty American defense tubes, the air defense teams can only do a little defense against the most advanced missiles in Russia, where a waste of thermal power plants was placed in the country.
With the delay of aid a month after a month, the metro stations in the capital were crowded with families seeking shelter as the protection blanket provided by the American Patriot batteries began to fade.
It took more time to influence the front to feel it. But while the supplies diminished and the American silent sponsors retreated, the Ukrainian leaders fighting in the region said they were forced to legalize ammunition.
Adous It contributed to the reports from Washington, and Mark Santora From Kyiv, Ukraine.
