The publication writes that this is the first such permission from the moment of the second arrival of Trump to power. It was accepted a few weeks after the White House suspended the provision of all military assistance to Ukraine to revise in favor of the diplomatic ways to end the war, the article says.
The notification was submitted to the Congress in accordance with the Law on Monitoring the Export of Weapons, which authorizes the US presidents to control the import and export of defense products. The proposed sale includes Kiev receiving not only weapons, but also technical data, as well as defense services.
Sales in the format of the PCP are usually held non -publicly, in a conversation with Kyiv Post, an analyst on security assistance Kolbi Badhkhvar. According to him, the main conclusion is from the situation that the sales of the United States are continuing, despite the forecasts that Trump “completely cut off Ukraine.”
On April 18, The New York Times wrote with reference to sources in Congress that in the White House or on the Capitol Hill there is actually no serious discussions about the next weapons package for Ukraine.
Context
That March 3 Trump after a meeting with his associates He ordered to stop the supply of American military assistance to Ukraine, the media reported. The Washington Post called this decision “Extraordinary Step”, aimed at force Zelensky to sit at the negotiating table with Russia.
The decision was made at a meeting in the White House in which Secretary of State Marco Rubio also took partVice President Jay Di Wans, Minister of Defense Pit Hegset, National Intelligence Director Tulsey Gabbard and special representative of the Middle East Steve Vitcoff.
According to the Voice of America, the first to stop the supply of ammunition to air defense, Himars and artillery. CNN, with reference to sources in the White House, wrote that, having stopped military assistance to Ukraine, Trump puts pressure on Zelensky, threatening new losses on the battlefield.Mike Waltz, adviser to the US President in National Security, noted that Trump could “remove this pause” if the parties “advance to negotiations” and “put on the table some measures to strengthen trust”.
