President Trump ordered a moratorium on Monday to suspend all US military aid to Ukraine on Monday, days after he drove Ukrainian President Voldy Mie Zelensky out of the White House following a heated, oval office meeting between leaders.
White House officials said the suspension will remain in effect until Ukrainian officials show a goodwill commitment to peace negotiations.
“The president has made it clear that he is focusing on peace,” the official said. “You also need to commit to that goal with your partner.”
“We are suspending and reviewing our assistance to ensure that it contributes to the solution.”
Officials noted that the temporary suspension was a direct response to Zelensky's actions last week.
Trump ordered Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses to carry out the order. The order will halt the shipping of all military equipment that is not yet in Ukraine, including European weapons heading towards war-torn countries.
“This is not a permanent end to aid, it's a pause,” Trump administration official said. Fox News. “The order is now on.”
Officials noted that the temporary suspension of assistance was a direct response to Zelensky's actions last week.
Trump is scheduled to meet with national security advisers Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, discussing the possible freeze.
“This will become part of a larger pivot away from conflict in Europe and part of the pivot for building alliances in Latin America and the Western Hemisphere,” sources nearby the White House said, with Venezuelan opposition Marina Machado Pariska as the potential prime minister of President Salvadra, President Naive Buquere, Argentine President Javier Mirei and Venezuelan opposition Marina Machado Pariska as the prime minister of Venezuelan opposition Marina Machado Pariska.
Since Russia's February 2022 invasion, the US has provided Ukraine with more military aid than any other country in the world.
Kiel World Economic Research Institute based in Germany Ukraine Support Tracker US financial aid, including approximately $64 billion in military aid, is pegging at $119 billion.
Meanwhile, the European Union has given Ukraine $53 billion in military support.
The massive US commitment to Ukraine ahead of the Trump administration, including a $500 million so-called “presidential drawdown authority” package signed by former President Joe Biden in his final weeks at the White House, could be affected by the suspension.
The package included missiles for air defense. Aerial ammunition; Equipment to support the use of Ukrainian F-16s is among other weapons and ammunition.
Trump lamented that the US has not reclaimed anything from Kiev to support war efforts.
Tensions between the Chief Commander and Zelensky came to mind last week when two world leaders and Vice President JD Vance were sparred in an oval office orally.
Both Trump and Vance were called Zelensky last Friday and were trying to discuss security guarantees beyond the mineral rights trade that was expected to be signed later that day.
Zelensky and his Ukrainian delegation were asked to leave the White House after the meeting, and no mineral trade was signed.
The Ukrainian president refused to apologise after a tragic meeting and told Fox News anchor Bret Baier that he “we don't know if we've done anything wrong.”
Trump later said that his main point from the meeting was that Zelessunki wanted a “fight, fight, fight” with Russia, strengthened US support and did not actually seek peace.
On Sunday, Zelensky argued that “the agreement to end the war is still very far, very far, and no one has yet begun all these steps.” This bothered Trump even more.
“This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not hold it down much longer!” The president wrote about the true society. “That's what I was saying. This guy doesn't want peace as long as he has American support. Europe said at a meeting with Zelensky that they couldn't do their job without the US.”
“It's probably not a big statement that it was made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”
