Russia’s war of Ukraine continues to spell a “big problem” for Moscow, regardless of whether Ukraine is receiving anything American army Aid, according to the retired army, General Bin Hodges, who said that the freezing of the United States could even bite Russia in the long -term battlefield.
Newsweek Continue with the comment on the Russian Foreign Ministry and Hodges via e -mail on Monday evening.
Why do it matter
Relations between the United States have been fragile since the president Donald Trump He took office in late January and took a pulsating on Friday when Trump, Vice President JD Vance And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky He argued during a dramatic press conference and heating in the Oval Office.
On Monday evening, Associated Press reported that Trump had stopped at least for all American military aide to Ukraine. It is said that temporary suspension includes all military equipment and supplies while crossing to Ukraine.
A senior official at the Great Ministry of Defense said Bloomberg Trump will keep freezing in place until he is convinced that Ukraine makes a “good commitment to peace”.
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What do you know
During an interview with CNNErin Burnett suggested before the temporary suspension on Monday that Hodg, a former US military commander in Europe, suggested that stopping American aid to Ukraine would inspire Europe’s allies to compensate for this team.
In response to a virtual question Bernett about his shape, “If Trump ends aid to Ukraine, Hodges admitted that” it will be bad for the Ukrainians “and Europe” for a while. “
Then he argued that Russia was in a “problem” since the Russian president Vladimir Putin He ordered his forces to invade Ukraine in February 2022. Hodges continued to suggest that the United States would regret abandoning Ukraine.
“Russia is actually a big problem,” Hodges said. “The hypothesis that the administration is used when they say,” Ukraine, you do not have cards ” – this is not true. The Russians are in great trouble. The Ukrainians stopped them without committing to helping them win.”
“So, imagine that if 20 European countries are more than 20 years, they will re -discover the strategic spine and start combining its amazing industrial ability, which dwarfs what Russia has,” continued. “We will regret that they gathered and did this without us and despite us. We will lose a lot of effect.”
What people say
An unknown White House official, in a statement by Rawaz: “President Trump was clearly focused on peace. We need our partners to adhere to this goal as well. We stop and review our aid to ensure contributing to a solution.”
The former American ambassador to Russia Michael McFul, in a mail To X, Twitter previously: Trump cut military aid to Ukraine that the United States Congress He actually agreed. tragic. Trump delivers the adherence to the Democratic Ukraine. Trump gives only the islands to the authoritarian authoritarian Russia. This is not strength. This is weak. “
Member of the Democratic Congress Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, in A. statement: “Donald Trump’s decision to stop financing unilaterally to Ukraine is not threatened, and a direct threat to our national security. This aid was approved by Congress on the basis of the two parties – Republicans and Democrats I realize that standing with Ukraine stands for democracy and against Putin’s aggression …
Congress, not Trump, carries the strength of the wallet, and this financing should be delivered without delay. It monitors the world, and we cannot allow Trump’s reckless actions to undermine our commitment to our allies and democracy themselves. “
What happens after that
The future of the war of Russia, Ukraine, is still uncertain. The risk -framed Ukraine is likely to deteriorate unless it can replace any lost American military assistance and resources with the support of other allies.
