Trump stops US military aid to Ukraine, the official says

A White House official said on Monday that US President Donald Trump stopped all military aid to Ukraine after his clash with Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski last week.

“The president was clearly focused on peace. We need our partners to abide by this goal as well. We stop and review our assistance to ensure contribution to a solution,” said the official in the state of not disclosing his identity.

Zelenskyy’s office immediately did not respond to Reuters request to comment outside working hours.

In temporary suspension news was reported by other major news agencies, including Associated Pressand BBC News and CBS news.

The move comes after Trump raised the United States’ policy on Ukraine and Russia when it took office in January, and adopting a more reconciliation position towards Moscow – and then An explosive confrontation with Zelinski At the White House on Friday, which Trump criticized for being adequately grateful to support Washington in the war with Russia.

Trump also pressed Ukraine to agree to give the United States access to its minerals, as a form of Trump It is described as an “equation” for help. To date, Ukraine has not occurred any such arrangement.

During the era of former US President Joe Biden, Washington was a strong supporter to fight Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

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The former Prime Minister of Ukraine says it is “very difficult” to win the war without us

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsini Yatsenyuk says President Voludmir Zelinski does not have “nothing to apologize for” after confronting the American President of the White House, but he says that “the free world” must do the utmost to return the Americans to the right track “if he hopes to win against dictatorships. He said,” We need them and need us. ”

Biden was in office when Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Ukraine and its neighbor were imprisoned in an all -out war since then.

The war killed thousands of civilians in Ukraine and Zeilinsky He said last monthMore than 45,000 of its soldiers.

But Ukraine brought the war to Russia, with long -term drone strikes and captured a slice of the Kursk region on the Russian side of the border.

Trump was Previously, he claimed that he could end the war In Ukraine within 24 hours. Six weeks after his presidency, the war is still greeting.