The USA blocked military help to Ukraine

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The USA exposes military help to Ukraine when Donald Trump tries to increase the pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just a few days after the two guides were publicly delayed with Russia in the White House.

Trump’s decision has maintained a consistent supply of military support from the United States, including weapons on Kyiv since Moscow started its full yardstick Invasion of Ukraine three years ago.

There is growing tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy, while the US President tries to drive Ukraine keep the conflict quickly with Russia.

An official of the White House said on Monday: “The president was clear that he focused on peace. We need our partners who are also committed to this goal. We pause and check our help to ensure that it contributes to a solution. “

The move came to Trump renewed his verbal attack About the Ukrainian president on social media and in comments to reporters in the White House on Monday after the dramatic confrontation in the Oval Office on Friday.

“I only think he should be more grateful because this country glued through thick and thinly,” said Trump about Zelenskyy. He also suggested that the Ukraine leader could be out of office if he did not achieve an agreement with Moscow.

“It shouldn’t be so difficult to make a deal,” added the president. “It could be done very quickly. Maybe someone doesn’t want to make a deal, and if someone doesn’t want to make a deal, I think that this person is not there for a very long time. “

After reports on the freezing were created on Monday, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that he was bound to a broader diplomatic effort. “We want to bring the Russians to a negotiating table. We would like to investigate whether peace is possible, ”said Rubio In a statementwithout mentioning the suspension directly.

Trump’s decision will urgently make the efforts in many European capitals to strengthen their own military support for Kyiv, since a longer break in US support could give Russian armed forces a great advantage on the battlefield.

The Institute for Studying the War in Washington on Monday evening warned that the decision to reduce US help “would directly undermine President Trump’s declared goal to achieve sustainable peace in Ukraine”.

“Russia would use the Ukraine’s attitude to confiscate more territory in Ukraine and try to exhaust European support – the approach that Putin has outlined in his victory theory,” added ISW.

Trump’s move comes from after a weekend Intensive diplomatic activity In Europe, including a summit, which was organized by the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starrer, and for months of ceasefire plan, which was proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron to try to make an agreement on better conditions for Kyiv.

On the eve of Trump’s first speech, it also comes to a joint meeting of the congress of his second term on Tuesday.

In an interview with Fox News moderator Sean Hannity On Tuesday, US Vice President JD Vance said his “message to the Ukrainian”: “Donald Trump is the only game in the city.”

Vance, who insulted Trump Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday, also asked the Ukrainian president to “seriously participate in the details of a deal”.

Trump tried to agree to Kyiv Access to Ukrainian critical minerals. But the agreement that the US official regarded as crucial for Washington’s support for Ukraine was postponed after the collision in the White House.

Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican congress member from Pennsylvania, said on Monday that he spoke to Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff of Zelensky, and believed that the sign was imminent.

Before the announcement, Fitzpatrick wrote on X: “We bring this train back to the tracks 100%. This mineral agreement is signed in a short time, which will lead to a strong long -term economic partnership between the United States and Ukraine and will ultimately lead to security support. ”

“Europe will be obliged to participate in its part and there will be mandates for them to do exactly that,” he added.

The democrats immediately attacked military help and demanded that it were reversed.

“Donald Trump’s decision to pause Ukraine’s financing unilaterally is ruthless, unattended and a direct threat to our national security,” said Brendan Boyle, a Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania.

“The world is watching and we cannot afford to undermine Trump’s ruthless acts for our allies and democracy.”

Additional reporting by William Sandlund in Hong Kong