The suspension by the White House for the supply of some types of American weapons for Ukraine makes it more vulnerable and will not bring a truce for which Donald Trump is seeking – says the Financial Times. Some European politicians hope that Washington's policy can be softened or changed – writes Bloomberg.
Washington's attitude towards the war on the eastern flank of Europe is now characterized by reluctance to engage, with interruptions to the gusts of diplomatic treatments for a truce initiated by Trump. The US not only suspend the supply of certain types of weapons to Ukraine, but even the promise of American senators regarding new, drastic sanctions for Russia did not materialize – reminds Bloomberg.
This is all the stranger because after the NATO summit and the “good meeting” with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelnski, Trump said last week that he would look at the possibility of providing Kiev with Patriot air defense systems to Kiev – reminds the agency.
European politicians are completely surprised by Trump's decision and try to quickly compensate Ukraine with an unexpected suspension of weapons supply – Bloomberg told a clerk who knows the course of such conversations.
Rutte: Lack of deliveries makes Ukraine defenseless
I understand that the US must take care of their interests, but Ukraine in a short period cannot do without any support that we can provide it – said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday in an interview with Fox News, referring to Washington's suspension of deliveries, among others ammunition for air defense systems.
“I completely understand that the US always has to take care of their own interests. But when it comes to Ukraine in a short period, it cannot do without any support that we can provide it when it comes to ammunition and air defense systems,” said Rutte. In this way he commented on the Pentagon decision to suspend the shipment of some types of missiles to Ukraine due to the low level of inventory in American arsenals.
Rutte reminded that last week, during the NATO summit in the Hague, the presidents of the USA and Ukraine, Donald Trump and Wołodymyr Zełenski had a “very good discussion, especially focusing on air defense systems”, after which Trump promised “checking” whether he could provide Ukraine with more patriot rockets.
Rutte has repeatedly praised Trump during the interview, his peace initiative and emphasis on increasing defense expenditure in NATO, but appealed to the USA for “flexibility” on Ukraine.
“So yes, I understand that the US must take care of their supplies. But we must allow some flexibility here. In the meantime, Europeans are up to the challenge. This year they allocated 35 billion to Ukraine. So when it comes to transferring weight from the United States to Europe, it happens, but we can't do without practical US support” – argued the Dutchman. He claimed that it is in the interest of the US that Ukraine would not lose the war, indicating that the threat from Russia, North Korea or Iran is connected.
“Financial Times”: Trump helps Putin at a crucial moment
“Financial Times” He emphasizes that the decision makes Ukraine more vulnerable in such a period when Russia significantly intensified attacks using missile shells and drones. Russian forces increased the scale and frequency of attacks, and in June used a record number of 5438 drones against Ukraine, nearly 30 percent. more than in March. In addition, Russia can now use as many drones in one day as it fired a year earlier in a month.
Defense against such fire requires strengthening of air defense systems and a sufficient number of interception rockets. “We counted on many such systems, as promised,” a Ukrainian official dealing with the country's military strategy told the British journal. Washington's decision “significantly affects our plans” – he added and emphasized that it will also result in more victims among civilians.
According to Bloomberg, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that it did not receive an official notification of suspension of weapons supply. And the White House refused the “Financial Times” to provide information about what types of weapons would stop reaching Ukraine.
Interlocutor of a British journal who knew the course of discussion in the Pentagon on this subject that he said that Washington's decision was made at the beginning of June, but only now has gained power. He added that some weapon transports were already on their way to Ukraine, were stopped.
“The decision to suspend particularly important help for Ukraine it probably won't bring a weapon suspensionwhich President Trump wishes, “said George Barros, an analyst at Russia's war against Ukraine at the American Institute of War Studies (ISW).
This is not the first such “blockade”
“New York Times” reminds that the White House is suspending the supply of weapons for Ukraine for the second time; He did it for the first time in March. “Since then, the signs of the Trump administration withdrawal (from support for Ukraine -Pap) are increasingly numerous – from repetition of the Kremlin's messages, to pushing Ukraine down the list of priorities during the NATO summit in Hague last week” – comments New York.
Portal Politico writes that numerous congressmen, including even some Republicans, criticized the suspension of supplies of weapons for Kiev and warned that this decision would love Russia at a breakthrough stage of the war.
Republican Brian Fitzpatrick, one of the heads of the congress group working for Ukraine, said that “he would aggressively deal with this matter”, and emphasized that the US must expand their potential in the sphere of air defense, while “providing the necessary help to allies who defend their freedom against the brutal invasion of the dictator.”
Politico, however, points out that many high -ranking congressmen did not dare to criticize Trump himself and assigned the blame for suspending the supply of weapons to Pentagon officials.
“El Pais”: Alarm in Kiev
After the US suspension of the transfer of parts of missiles to the air defense systems in Kiev, the alarm rose, because the country is struggling with an increasingly stronger Russian fire – commented on Wednesday the Spanish daily El Pais.
US President Donald Trump “not only refuses to help Ukraine in the form of supplies of weapons, but also suspended the transfer of the one that his predecessor Joe Biden agreed with the country invaded by Russia,” the newspaper emphasized.
As she noted, this message is “particularly disturbing” for Kiev in connection with the recently growing Russian fire. “Over the past six months, Moscow has been tying the use of drones and rockets in large -scale attacks on Ukrainian cities,” she added.
The newspaper also quoted the analysis of Phillips P. O'Brien, a professor from the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland, who assessed that “if Putin could make a list of weapons, whose deliveries to Ukraine would like to block Trump, it would undoubtedly be found on it.”
The White House confirms
On Tuesday, the White House confirmed the reports of the Politico portal to suspend the transmission of part of the missiles to Ukraine air defense systems. As the spokeswoman Anna Kelly said, such a decision was made to “put America's interests in the first place”.
The White House admitted on Tuesday that he suspended the transmission of some bullets to Ukraine air defense systems. As a spokeswoman said, such a decision was made to “put America's interests in the first place”.
PBS television said that shells whose deliveries were suspended are PAC-3 rockets for Patriot systems, 155 mm artillery shells (according to Politico, guided missiles), GMRLS missiles for Himars rocket artillery systems and AIM-7 rockets used in NASAMS air defense systems and in F-16 fighters.
The decision to suspend part of the help was to be made by the deputy head of the Pentagon Elbridge Colba known from opposition to the help of Ukraine.
According to Politico sources, Pentagon officials prepared in March plans to suspend the supply of some ammunition, according to which they were to be redirected to the USA or Israel.
Ukraine: Wwe explain the details
The United States has not informed about the suspension of defense support for Ukraine, and official reports are important, we explain the details of this case – representatives of the authorities in Kiev said on Wednesday. We are also ready to buy this weapon – they declared.
“Currently, at the working level between Ukraine and the United States, we explain all the details regarding defense support, including components of the defense of the air.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense also announced that Kyiv did not receive information on the supply of defense with the USA.
“That is why we rely on actual data and check the details of each element of delivery. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine asked for a telephone conversation with partners from the United States in order to explain the details additional explanation,” the ministry explained.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha said that his country is ready to buy weapons from the USA. He reminded how many shells he fired towards his country recently Russia. “Such a huge scale of terror acts is evidence of Russia's bright rejection of peace efforts led by the US and calls to stop killing as the first step towards a peaceful solution.” “We need more capturing systems. We are also ready to buy or rent them,” he declared.
(PAP)
