According to the interlocutors of the publication, such a decision, after revising the American reserves, was made by the head of the political department of the Pentagon, Elbridge Kolbi.
The initial decision to suspend the provision of part of the assistance to Ukraine, promised under the administration of the ex-president of the United States Joe Biden, was adopted in early June. Now it comes into force, writes the media, adding that the Pentagon and the White House did not provide comments on this.
Against the backdrop of reinforced attacks on the part of the country of aggressor of the Russian Federation, the decision to suspend some deliveries caused fears among the allies of Kyiv in the US Congress. They believe that it will make Ukraine vulnerable against further Russian airstrikes.
Context
On the evening of January 20, US President Donald Trump and his vice president Jay Di Wence took the oath in the Capitol. Then Trump signed a decree on the temporary suspension of external assistance programs provided by the States for 90 days to check how much they meet its political purposes. According to the decree, All further foreign assistance that America will provide must correspond to Trump's foreign policy.
As the Associated Press noted, Trump for a long time was an enemy of foreign assistance, but, according to the agency, it usually makes up about 1% of the federal budget. However, this percentage does not take into account emergency circumstances, such as the provision of weapons to Ukraine for billions of dollars to strengthen defense capabilities in the war against the Russian aggressor country.
According to the Pentagon, as of December 12, 2024, the United States allocated to Ukraine more than $ 63.5 billion to help in the field of security since the start of the ex-president Joe Biden, including approximately $ 62.9 billion-from the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022.
On February 3, Reuters wrote that weapons from the United States to Ukraine were suspended for a while in recent days, but resumed on the weekend, since the US presidential administration Donald Trump was discussing his policy regarding Kyiv.
The fact that Ukraine lacks the air defense, President Vladimir Zelensky spoke repeatedly. March 11, he stated What Ukraine seeks to agree with the United States on the acquisition of weaponsin particular, the Patriot anti -aircraft missile system. “We are ready to buy the required number of Patriot missiles for our state. We are not talking about charity,” he said.
At the G7 summit in Canada on June 15-17, the President of Ukraine planned to negotiate with Trump regarding the possible acquisition of new weapons of weapons by Ukraine. However, the American president left the summit on June 16 ahead of schedule.
On June 25, Trump at a press conference in the Hague (the Netherlands), where the NATO summit was carried out, did not rule out the probability of an ammunition for American anti-aircraft missile defense systems Patriot.
