According to her, the assertion that “Ukrainians learned about a pause in military support from the news is not quite true.”
She clarified that the “communication lines” between the United States and Ukraine remain reliable. Bruce did not say exactly who “should convey the news,” but said that such a conversation “took place” due to the importance of the corresponding project for the United States.
The representative of the State Department emphasized that the sending of weapons to Ukraine was not stopped.
“We have not suspended the supply of weapons to Ukraine. This is one aspect, one situation, one changed event. As you heard from the Ministry of Defense, there are many other powerful options and efforts on the situation with Ukraine and the supply of weapons,” Bruce emphasized.
The speaker noted that the US State Department does not make a decision on the supply of weapons to Ukraine, so she forwarded to the Pentagon for a detailed comment on this issue.
“It is worth repeating that the priority of the president [США Дональда] Trump remains the cessation of the war between [страной-агрессором] Russia and Ukraine by achieving a strong peaceful settlement, starting from an immediate ceasefire, ”she said.
She also emphasized that the United States “most supported Ukraine – emotionally, military and financial,” and that “there are reasons for this.”
“At the same time, due to the fact that the US has a global front of what matters to America, so we ask European partners and friends to help. Because of the nature of the fronts we are dealing with. We need to be careful in assumptions that now happened in the context of our obligations in Ukraine,” she said.
According to her, the US president also “confirmed his constant commitment to Patriot missiles.”
Context
The fact that the Pentagon stopped the supply of some types of missiles for air defense and other high -precision ammunition, on July 1, Rolitico reported. 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.
This was later confirmed by the deputy speaker of the White House Anna Kelly. According to her, the termination of supplies took place as part of a change in priorities in the defense policy of the United States “in order to put America's interests in first place.”
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that the Pentagon did not inform Kyiv about the reduction in assistance, and made a request for a telephone conversation with Washington to clarify the details.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon refused to transfer to Ukraine missiles for Patriot air defense systems, air -air missiles, class “Air – Earth” Hellfire and Earth -Earth class, artillery shells and air -air -air missiles. When the decision on suspension was made, the parties of weapons were in Poland, the publication claims.
On July 2, The New York Times wrote that the suspension of US military assistance will directly affect the ability of Ukraine to reflect the escalation of Russian air attacks.
On the same day, a member of the House of US representatives from the Republican Party Brian Fitzpatrick turned to Trump with an appeal to explain the message about the termination of Washington part of military assistance to Ukraine, opposing Russian aggression.
