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#US Stops Flow of Arms to #Ukraine
#Military financing has been stopped, & officials are meeting to consider suspending other types of assistance
The #Trump admin has stopped financing new weapons sales to Ukraine & is considering freezing weapons shipments from US stockpiles, moves that threaten Kyiv’s ability to fight at a critical time in its battle against #Russia….
The financing was halted in recent weeks amid the admin’s freeze on #ForeignAid.
#geopolitics
https://archive.is/2025.03.03-212159/https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-hitting-brakes-on-flow-of-arms-to-ukraine-980a71d1
But the move to potentially shut down the main pipeline for arms transfers to #Ukraine comes after a contentious meeting between #Trump & Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky…. The tense exchange Friday raised fears across #Europe that the US could be moving away from the wider Western #alliance.
#Trump in Jan ordered a stop to #ForeignAid, incl’g #military #aid, except to #Israel & #Egypt, w/o a waiver. On Fri, the admin said it was sending Israel nearly $3B in new #weapons, incl’g >35k new 2k pound #bombs, invoking an emergency rule under #US arms control laws.
Secy of #State #MarcoRubio in recent wks signed a waiver to exempt #Ukraine from the ban imposed on foreign assistance, but snr State ofcl #PeterMarocco hasn’t sent a required letter to the #Pentagon to allow the aid to flow….
#Trump orders pause on ALL future #military #aid to #Ukraine
Following a high-level meeting at the White House, Trump announced a pause all future deliveries of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine in an extraordinary move aimed at pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky to the negotiating table with #Russia as Ukraine fends off a military invasion from the Kremlin, said 2 U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
#Trump has long been skeptical of #aid to #Ukraine [he blames Zelensky instead of himself for his first #impeachment], but his top aides began preparing serious policy options for ending military assistance following last week’s full-on berating of #Zelensky by Trump & #JDVance.
Officials say the decision could be reversed if *Zelensky* demonstrates *a good-faith effort* to participate in peace talks.
Utter nonsense. Zelensky obviously wants peace & he acted w/incredible restraint on Friday.
The decision was made at a WH meeting on Monday that included Secy of #State #MarcoRubio, VP #JDVance, Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth, Dir of National #Intelligence #TulsiGabbard & #MiddleEast envoy #SteveWitkoff.
The move follows an order last week by Hegseth for US #Cyber Command to halt offensive cyber & #information operations against #Russia as long as negotiations to end the war are ongoing.
Infamously, this isn’t the first time #Trump has cut off #military #aid to #Zelensky & #Ukraine. In July 2019, he had a phone call w/Zelensky in which he said Zelensky should deliver info he could use against Joe #Biden in return for unfreezing military aid. Trump had halted supplies to Ukraine, which had been fighting #Russia & Russia-backed insurgents since 2014, he only resumed the aid months later when word of Trump’s #extortion leaked. It resulted in Trump’s first #impeachment.
The American suspension of arms transfers to #Ukraine also puts the #US in direct opposition to its major #NATO #allies. Most of the largest European nations — led by #France, #Britain & #Germany — have pledged to step up #aid to Ukraine in recent days, backing #Zelensky following #Trump & #JDVance’s temper tantrum in the Oval Office on Friday. But they simply do not have the stockpiles to make up the difference.
@Nonilex I don't have enough verbar skills to tell what kind of feelings Trump evokes in me.
a sad time in the western world
@Nonilex
If the EU states want to fund it, it will be difficult for the US Gov to prevent US arms manufacturers from supplying their foreign clients.
I assume other European nations will also be finding other places to source arms instead of buying from the US
@darwinwoodka.bsky.social @Nonilex I assume other nations will never again buy American weaponry
@hansbot We can hope..
lost sales.. unemployment ..
civil war2<shrug>.
If Zelenskyy has a recording of that call, now would be a very good time to leak it. Nothing left to lose.
@Nonilex https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114101575717769348
The WH/Trump is afraid that it will expose the deal he made with Putin. How much money and other benefits he'll get for throwing Ukraine under the bus.