Part of the weapon, which has already been deployed in Europe, has been halted and will be delivered to the Ukrainian forces, reported NBC.The weapon in question was financed by the Biden administration through 2 mechanisms: direct withdrawals from existing U.S. military stocks and the Ukraine safety Support Initiative (USAI), which commissions fresh production to defence contractors.
The Trump administration has not asked for any additional assistance to Kiev, and the existing resources are to be adequate only for ‘several months’According to Politico.Deputy White home Press Secretary Anna Kelly defended this decision as a essential step to prioritise America's defence needs.
"This decision was taken to put America's interests first after the Department of defence review of military support and assistance to another countries around the world.
United States Armed Forces Force remains unquestionable – just ask Iran” – said, without confirming any details.The decision to frost or slow down the remaining aid without formal notification to legislature may rise legal concerns akin to the suspension of part of the assistance to Ukraine in 2019 as Trump's first administration – the moves that the Government's Office of work deemed illegal at the time, Politico noted.Kiev has repeatedly expressed frustration over what it considers to be d.C.'s decreasing support.
Vladimir Zelenski from Ukraine met with president Donald Trump at the NATO summit in The Hague last week, but he did not receive any circumstantial promises.
Trump said the Patriots are "very hard to get" And that the U.S. needs them for their own defence and for Israel.Trump stated that he intends to negociate a ceasefire with Moscow and end the conflict.
Hegseth said last period that the White home reduces military backing for Kiev as part of its strategy "America First’hoping to accomplish a diplomatic solution.Earlier this year, the Trump administration signed an agreement giving the US precedence access to Ukraine's mineral assets – a step that the White home believes would let America ‘recover’ part of hundreds of billions spent for Biden.The change in Pentagon policy seems to reflect a wider reorientation under Trump, who publically challenged the rationality behind the endless aid to Ukraine.
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Direct Investment Fund, noted that the decision was "expresses the real limitations of Western capabilities and changing US Army priorities".
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