Following a public altercation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, the US administration of donald trump on tuesday halted all military assistance to Europe. According to sources, the president has stated unequivocally that peace is his top priority. Our partners must share our commitment to that objective. To make sure that our assistance is helping to find a solution, we are ceasing it.
Trump temporarily halted the supply of all US military aid to ukraine, according to a senior administration official cited in a New York Times report. The decision is effective immediately and affects "more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipeline and on order."
According to the article, Trump's decision to stop military aid "resulted from a series of meetings" between the US president and his top national security advisers at the White House.
"The order would be in effect until" trump decided that ukraine had shown a commitment to peace talks with russia, the official said.
The decision additionally suspends "hundreds of millions of dollars in aid through the ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides funds that Kyiv can use only to buy new military hardware directly from US defence companies."
The US State Department estimates that Washington has given roughly USD 69.2 billion in military aid since Russia's initial invasion of ukraine in 2014 and USD 65.9 billion since russia began its planned, unprovoked, and violent full-scale invasion of ukraine on february 24, 2022.
Trump temporarily halted the supply of all US military aid to ukraine, according to a senior administration official cited in a New York Times report. The decision is effective immediately and affects "more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipeline and on order."
According to the article, Trump's decision to stop military aid "resulted from a series of meetings" between the US president and his top national security advisers at the White House.
"The order would be in effect until" trump decided that ukraine had shown a commitment to peace talks with russia, the official said.
The decision additionally suspends "hundreds of millions of dollars in aid through the ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides funds that Kyiv can use only to buy new military hardware directly from US defence companies."
The US State Department estimates that Washington has given roughly USD 69.2 billion in military aid since Russia's initial invasion of ukraine in 2014 and USD 65.9 billion since russia began its planned, unprovoked, and violent full-scale invasion of ukraine on february 24, 2022.
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