Trump suspends military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON ( WEB NEWS )
President Donald Trump has ordered that the US suspend military aid to Ukraine as he seeks to pressure President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make concessions in peace talks with Russia.
Ukraine fighting without US weapons, equipment or intelligence was until recently an unthinkable prospect. As it looks set to become reality, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said that his country would probably run out of US military suppliesin “two or three months”.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio seemed to suggest Trump’s announcement was tied to a wider diplomatic effort, saying: “We want to get the Russians to a negotiating table. We want to explore whether peace is possible.” But he did not mention the suspension directly.
Meanwhile, the Institute for the Study of War in Washington last night warned that the decision to cut off US aid would “directly undermine President Trump’s stated goal of achieving a sustainable peace in Ukraine”.