US suspended military assistance to Ukraine

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The United States stops military assistance to Ukraine if Donald Trump seeks to strengthen the pressure on Volodimierz Zelensky to make concessions only a few days after two leaders publicly sparring in the White House for peace talks with Russia.

Trump’s decision stops what was consistent with US military assistance, including weapons to Kiev since Moscow has launched its full -scale Invading Ukraine Three years ago.

This happens against the background of increasing tensions between Trump and Zelensky when the US president tries to push Ukraine to Quickly settle the conflict With Russia.

On Monday, the White House official said: “It was clear to the president that he was focused on peace. We needed our partners to be committed to this goal. We stop and consider our help to make sure that it contributes to the decision.”

Trump’s move came after him updated his attacks The President of Ukraine on social networks and remarks at the White House on Monday, after the dramatic confrontation in the oval office on Friday.

“I just think he should be more grateful because this country is stuck with them through thick and thin,” Trump said on Monday. He also suggested that the Ukrainian leader could come from his post if he did not reach the agreement with Moscow.

“It should not be so difficult to do,” the President added. “It can be done very quickly. Now, perhaps someone doesn’t want to make a deal, and if someone doesn’t want to make a deal, I think this person will not be very long.”

After reports of freezing appeared on Monday, US Secretary of State Mark Rubio suggested that he had been linked to broader diplomatic efforts. “We want to bring the Russians to the negotiating table. We want to study whether peace is possible,” he said In the statementWithout the direct mention of the suspension.

Trump’s decision will add urgency of effort in many European capitals to strengthen his own military support for Kiev, as an advanced pause in the US can give a great advantage to the Russian forces on the battlefield.

The Institute for Studying War in Washington on Monday night warned that the decision to exclude US assistance “directly undermines the stated goal of President Trump – to achieve a sustainable peace in Ukraine.”

“Russia will stop US assistance to Ukraine to seize a larger territory in Ukraine and try to exhaust European support – Putin’s approach has outlined in his victory theory,” ISW added.

Trump’s move coming after the weekend intensive diplomatic activity in Europe, including the summit conducted by British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and a month of ceasefire, proposed by Emmanuel Macron, the President of France-to try to set up a settlement on the best conditions for Kyiv.

Trump’s decision to stop us helping Ukraine on the eve of his appeal to the joint session of Congress – his first second term.

The president tried to agree with a deal with Kiev, which would give the US access to Ukrainian critical minerals, but an agreement that US officials see as the main one to support Washington for Ukraine – was postponed after a fight in the White House.

However, Brian Fitzpatrick, a republican congressman from Pennsylvania, said on Monday that he had talked to Andrew Ermak, the chief of staff of Zelensky, and believed that the transaction was inevitable.

Fitzpatrick wrote on X ahead of the announcement: “We are 100% returning this train to tracks. This mineral transaction will be signed in the short order, which will lead to a strong long -term economic partnership between the US and Ukraine, and that will eventually lead to security.”

“Europe will need to intensify and make their role, and there will be mandates to do this,” he added.

The Democrats immediately attacked the suspension of military assistance and urged it to be canceled.

“Donald Trump’s decision in a unilateral hemisphere financing Ukraine is a reckless, unchanged and direct threat to our national security,” said Brendan Boyle, a Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania.

“The world is watching, and we cannot afford Trump’s reckless actions to undermine our commitment to our allies and the democracy itself.”