US President Donald Trump has suspended all American aid to Ukraine, including that ordered by his predecessor Joe Biden, after a public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, citing unnamed officials from the US Department of Defense and the White House.
The suspension order applies to all US military equipment not currently in Ukraine, including weapons being transported in transit by aircraft and ships or waiting at transit sites in Poland.
The scale of the weapons whose supply was suspended is unknown, but thanks to former President Joe Biden, the United States was to send weapons worth $3.85 billion from American stockpiles.
Voice of America journalist Ostap Yarysh notes that the Biden administration’s latest aid packages included air defense missiles, HIMARS ammunition, and artillery. Indeed, the penultimate package, allocated a month before Biden’s term ended, was supposed to provide the Defense Forces with air defense, artillery, and other weapons systems.
According to the sources, this decision is valid until Ukraine’s leaders “demonstrate a good-faith commitment to peace.” The Trump administration will also review the aid to ensure it contributes to ending the war.
The suspension of aid is a move by the Trump administration to obtain a public apology from Zelenskyy for the altercation in the Oval Office.
