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The Trump istration has suspended delivery of all US military aid to Ukraine, a White House official has said, blocking billions in crucial shipments as the White House piles pressure on Ukraine to sue for peace with Vladimir Putin.

The decision affects deliveries of ammunition, vehicles, and other equipment including shipments agreed to when Joe Biden was president.

It comes after a dramatic blow-up in the White House on Friday during which Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he was “gambling with” a third world war. The Ukrainian president was told to come back “when he is ready for peace”.

A senior istration official told Fox News that “this is not permanent termination of aid, it’s a pause”. Bloomberg reported that all US military equipment not in Ukraine would be held back, including weapons in transit on aircraft and ships or waiting in transit areas in Poland.

It added that Trump had ordered the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, to execute the pause.

The decision followed a White House meeting that included the vice-president, JD Vance; Hegseth; the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard; and Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.

“The president has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well,” a White House official told the Washington Post. “We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”

The US Congress has approved $175bn in total assistance for Ukraine since Russia’s invasion nearly three years ago, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. In December, right before leaving office, Joe Biden announced an additional $5.9bn in security and budget assistance.

US assistance to Ukraine includes military aid, budgetary assistance largely delivered through a World Bank trust fund, and other funds that had been delivered through the US Agency for International Development (USAid), which has been throttled by the Trump White House.

Some of the money sent by the US to Ukraine helps the country pay salaries of teachers and doctors, and keeps the government running, allowing it to focus on fighting Russia’s invasion.

Ukraine weapons assistance from the US has been facilitated through two programs: presidential drawdown authority (PDA), which allows the president to quickly transfer weapons and equipment from US stocks to foreign countries without the need for congressional approval; and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), where military equipment is procured from the defense industry.

In total the US has pledged $31.7bn worth of weapons aid to Ukraine through PDA. The vast majority – well over $20bn according to a Reuters analysis – has been shipped.

The announcement pertains mainly to aid that had been previously approved but not yet disbursed. Trump has not approved any new aid under his own presidential authority since taking office and a new congressional aid package appears unlikely, at least in the near term.

Earlier on Monday Trump had expressed new outrage at Zelenskyy for saying that the end of the war could be “very, very far away”.

In a post to social media on Monday, Trump posted a link to an Associated Press story outlining Zelenskyy’s comments and said: “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!

“It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US. Probably not a great statement to have been made in of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”

Later on Monday, Trump said that Zelenskyy “won’t be around very
long” unless he succumbs to pressure and makes deal on US .

“It should not be that hard a deal to make. It could be made very fast,” Trump told reporters, referring to a ceasefire. “Now, maybe somebody doesn’t want to make a deal, and if somebody doesn’t want to make a deal, I think that person won’t be around very long.”

The Trump istration was also reported to be drawing up a plan on Monday to restore ties with Russia and lift sanctions on the Kremlin.

The White House has asked the state and treasury departments to draft a list of sanctions that could be eased for US officials to discuss with Russian representatives in the coming days as part of the istration’s broad talks with Moscow on improving diplomatic and economic relations, Reuters reported citing a US official and another person familiar with the matter.

In an interview recorded on Monday before the announcement of the suspension, Vance told Fox News that giving the US an economic interest in the future of Ukraine would serve as a security guarantee – a reference to the minerals deal about which Zelenskyy had been summoned to Washington, only to be berated and turned out of the White House.

“If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine,” Vance said. “That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.”

SOURCE

Trump on Truth Social:

Europe has spent more money buying Russian Oil and Gas than they have spent on defending Ukraine —BY FAR!"

Trump been doing all his best so as to press out the remaining juice out of Zeelensky's balls.......

Zeelensky on the other hand been forming strong head,but let's watch out how it's gonna end at last

His intent all along, Putin got what he wanted. The meeting was a set up.

Is he going to suspend US military aid to Israel too?

Europe has already rallied round Ukraine.

Trump can fuk off.

Zelensky will likely end up in the oven and served like a barbecue to his fellow European Nazis...

God1000:
His intent all along, Putin got what he wanted. The meeting was a set up.

Is he going to suspend US military aid to Israel too?

You could conveniently step in to augment the deficit brought forth by a pause in US aid to Ukraine. Arn't you a God of 1000? All this blah blah blah social media gods!

Saga16:
Europe has already rallied round Ukraine.

Trump can fuk off.

The Europeans openly accept their strength can't uplift Ukraine from floor to knee level.. However an Omni-knowest African saga has ed the verdict

Trump wants the deal as a tit for tat solution to find peace but deep down it’s a deal for him to gain from..America wants the deal as to put a foot on Ukraine,by doing that Russia will have no other choice than to back out since America has a deal with Ukraine..If Zelenskyy agrees then America will own him..

Saga16:
Europe has already rallied round Ukraine.

Trump can fuk off.

..Even Europe know America needs a foot in this matter..

Sonnobax15:

Trump been doing all his best so as to press out the remaining juice out of Zeelensky's balls.......

Zeelensky on the other hand been forming strong head,but let's watch out how it's gonna end at last

If Zelenskyy agrees to trumps deal,he will be the one to go down in history while trump will take all the glory..Trump wants the deal so he can put a foot on Ukraine..Stepping on Ukraine means Russia will have to call of the war..Now the deal will be between US,Russia,Ukraine..

It was expected. But European countries are still backing Ukraine 🇺🇦.

Very good

Zelenskyy thought trump is Biden

No wahala

Now other allies across the world can see that America CANNOT be trusted

Peace is vital but the baby in the White House is not in position to do that. He does not have the diplomacy, manners and etiquette to that.

Zelensky only returned to Ukraine to go blow up another Russian refinery.

Hahahaha
Now the war will end.

Ukraine cannot be fighting their superior and expect the US to fund the war. I'm shocked that the USA has spent $175bn on that SENSELESS war! This is more than Nigeria's budget for the past 4 years!

Does it make sense that you tax Americans just to prosecute an avoidable war in a foreign country? This news was long overdue!

Sonnobax15:

Trump been doing all his best so as to press out the remaining juice out of Zeelensky's balls.......

Zeelensky on the other hand been forming strong head,but let's watch out how it's gonna end at last

why is trump not pressing the juice out of putin's balls?

is trump now putin's bitch?

OK

EXOUSIAng:
Hahahaha
Now the war will end.

End what?

Zelensky just blew up another crucial Russian refinery

Expected. Since the outburst few days ago.
Saner minds would have seen the handwriting on the wall

After massive destruction and the innocent lives that got wasted

DoctorAyukebot:


You could conveniently step in to augment the deficit brought forth by a pause in US aid to Ukraine. Arn't you a God of 1000? All this blah blah blah social media gods!

why getting emotional? he only asked a simple question.

God1000:
Is he going to suspend US military aid to Israel too?

kindly provide an answer

StrongAlphMale:
Zelenskyy thought trump is Biden

who does trump think Putin is?

SmartPolician:
Ukraine cannot be fighting their superior and expect the US to fund the war. I'm shocked that the USA has spent $175bn on that SENSELESS war!

Does it make sense that you tax Americans just to prosecute an avoidable war in a foreign country? This news is long overdue!

who started the "SENSELESS war"?

God1000:
His intent all along, Putin got what he wanted. The meeting was a set up.

Is he going to suspend US military aid to Israel too?

I think it was. The guy didn't even do anything they just blew up on him. Simple question, how do you enforce a cease fire without security guarantees? Their lack of answer showed their hand. They want Russia to win.

CXLVII:


End what?

Zelensky just blew up another crucial Russian refinery

LoL. We would see how far he can go without US military tech and defense systems

Ikú pa Ukraine.

We pray for peace

FBI Director Kash Patel wants to know where all the US taxpayer money we gave Ukraine has gone.
Then this
BREAKING: General Flynn calls Ukraine funding “one giant money laundering operation.”

“We have seen and heard the protests by Ukrainians in the US. We suggest they pack their bags and book their flights home”
- White House Press Secretary


EU can’t afford to sponsor Ukraine war because they don’t have the capacity and resources to do what the USA government is doing.

Trump said he was going to end the war. And he is ending the war. Let Zelensky fund the war and lose more terriitory to Russia.

When you have a baby in the white house

Saga16:
Europe has already rallied round Ukraine.

Trump can fuk off.

Eu what? Europe cannot give quarter of what the US has given Ukraine