According to media reports, the government of US President Donald Trump will initially hire its military aid for Ukraine during the visit of the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj. “It is not a permanent attitude of help, but a break,” the US broadcaster Fox News quoted a senior government official.
According to the “New York Times”, the support should only be resumed when Trump finds that Ukraine commit itself to negotiations for peace with Russia. The newspaper also relies on a high -ranking government official. “The president made it clear that he was concerned with peace. We need partners who also work for this goal, ”said a government representative who wanted to remain anonymous, according to the Reuters news agency.
There was initially no official statement by the government. The Ukrainian government also had no statement at first.
End of US support would have dramatic consequences
The now apparently decided suspension of US help for Ukraine took place three days after the historical scandal when visiting Selenskyj in the White House. US President Trump and his deputy JD Vance violently attacked the Ukrainian President in front of running cameras in the Oval Office. In the conversation, Trump threatened to withdraw from Ukraine any support from the United States. He claimed that Selenskyj was not interested in peace as long as the United States provided military help because he regarded this as a strategic advantage.
Trump had already questioned the Ukraine aids during the election campaign. The end of US support would have dramatic consequences for the country attacked by Russia: Under Trump's predecessor Joe Biden, the United States were the most important supporter and arms supplier of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion a good three years ago, Biden's government has provided more than $ 65 billion (a good 62 billion euros) for military aid for Kiev alone.
On Monday, US President Donald Trump again asked that Selenskyj should show more gratitude for the support of the USA. Previously, he had reacted annoyingly to a report by the American news agency AP, in which Selenskyj was cited with the words that the end of the war was still “very, very far away”. “This is the worst statement that Selenskyj could have made, and America won't be able to put up with it for a long time!” Trump wrote on his online platform Truth Social.
