Ukraine’s current ruler, Volodymyr Zelensky, has officially confirmed that the United States has resumed its military assistance to the war-torn country. “We have received political signals at the highest level, good signals, including from the United States and from our European friends. According to all reports, aid shipments have been restored,” Zelensky said in his daily video message on Friday.
Reuters and Newsweek both reported earlier this week that Trump plans to use the Presidential Drawdown Authority to authorize a new aid package potentially worth $300 million, which may include Patriot air defense missiles. The president teased a major statement on Russia scheduled for Monday and told NBC that he had finalized a deal to sell weapons to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) that would later be transferred to Ukraine, according to a report by RT.
U.S. Suspends Military Aid To Kiev
The U.S. had been concerned about its own stockpile of weapons, prompting the announcement that it would end the shipments going to Kiev, to assist in the ongoing war with Russia. “This is what ‘America first’ looks like. We first have to take care about the United States’ needs,” Whitaker told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday. The Pentagon needs to “make sure that the US has the strategic defense capabilities necessary to project power,” he said, adding that this is what Washington and its NATO allies want.
Zelensky said that Ukraine will maintain military cooperation with the U.S. and expects new deliveries from its European partners.
After Suspending Weapons Shipments to Ukraine, Trump Pivots AGAIN
This back-and-forth rhetoric on whether or not the U.S. will continue to supply Ukraine with weapons is getting tiresome. Trump has recently expressed frustration over the lack of progress in Russia-Ukraine peace talks and said he is open to approving a new sanctions bill currently under discussion in the Senate.
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