Ukraine fears increased Russian aggression after US halt of weapons supply

KYIV warned that the interruption of US arms shipments would encourage Russia to prolong the war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year.

On Tuesday, the White House said it had cut some of the delivery operations to Ukraine.

The White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said:

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said that the two countries “now clarify all the details about supplies,” while the Foreign Ministry warned any delay “that will only encourage the aggressor to continue war and terrorism, instead of peace.

The ministry in particular stressed Kiev’s need to enhance its air defenses – as Russia continues to hit the country with missiles and drones on a basis close to the night.

An American diplomat based in Kyiv was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the talks on Wednesday.

However, the Ukraine Ministry of Defense said it had not received any official notice from the United States on “suspension or review” of weapons connections, and urged people not to speculate on partial information.

But in a statement, the Ministry of Defense also said that the path of ending the war was “through consistent pressure and joints on the aggressor.”

On the weekend, Ukraine has endured its largest air attack since the beginning of the full invasion of Russia, as more than 500 drones, ballistic missiles and cruises in its cities were launched.

American officials did not immediately say the shipments that were stopped.

According to the American broadcaster NBC, weapons that are delayed in Patriot objections, highlights, missiles, and grenade launchers can include.

The United States has sent tens of billions of dollars from military aid to Ukraine since Russia has launched its invasion in February 2022, prompting some in the Trump administration to express that US stocks are very low.

For its part, the Kremlin welcomed the news of low arms shipments, saying that reducing the flow of weapons to Kiev would help end the conflict faster.

“The less weapons that are delivered to Ukraine, the longer the end of the private military operation,” the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“The decision is painful, the background of the terrorist attacks committed by Russia against Ukraine … it is a very unpleasant situation.”

A Ukrainian military source, reported by the news agency, told AFP that “Kiev” is seriously dependent on US weapons supplies, although Europe is doing its best, but it will be difficult for us without American ammunition.

European Ukraine allies have spent billions of dollars over the past three and a half years.

However, the military support to Kev is not dependent on the political spectrum.

The Czech president and the highest NATO senior officials, Peter Paville, was a strong supporter of Ukraine – but he told the Russian BBC that he could not “ensure” the continuous support of Kiev, because this was dependent on the outcome of the upcoming Czech elections.

“I don’t know what the priorities of a new government are,” he said.

A source told CBS News, although the Pentagon’s move is based on fears that US military stocks are very low.

Separately, Elberbridge Colby, Undersecretary of the United States, said in a statement that the Pentagon “continues to provide the president with strong options to continue military aid to Ukraine.”

However, he added, “The department is taught strictly and adapting its approach to achieving this goal while maintaining the willingness of the American forces for administrative defense priorities.”

A temporary stop comes after less than a week after President Donald Trump discussed air defenses with Volodimir Zelinski at the NATO summit in the Netherlands.

Trump said that US officials “will see whether we can make some available” when A request from the BBC On providing additional anti -Motisy national systems to Ukraine.

In reference to his conversation with Zelensky, Trump said: “We had sometimes difficult times, but it couldn’t be more beautiful.”

The two faced a hot confrontation in the Oval Office in February. After that, Trump said he was stopping military aid to Ukraine, which was allocated by the previous Biden administration. Intelligence participation was also suspended with Ukraine.

But both stops were later raised.

In late April, the United States and Ukraine signed a deal that allows the United States to access metal reserves in Ukraine for military aid.

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday-the first time in more than two and a half years.

“They spoke on the phone for more than two hours, adding that the French president urged a ceasefire in Ukraine and the speaker in” a solid and permanent settlement of the conflict. “

The Kremlin said that Putin “reminded Macron” that the West’s policy is responsible for the war, because it “ignored for many years the security interests of Russia.”

Last month, the leader of Russia has long told Saint Petersburg a forum that he saw the Russians and the Ukrainians as one people and “in this entire meaning Ukraine for us.”

Moscow is currently controlling about 20 % of Ukrainian lands, including the Crimea Peninsula attached in 2014.

Despite the severe losses, Russia has fulfilled slow, as grinding was in Ukraine in recent months and announced full control of the eastern Luhansk region this week – this has not been verified independently.

Moscow also says it seized lands in the southeastern region of Dniproptrovsk – a claim by the Ukrainian army.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Ukrainian attack Three people were killed in a Russian arms production factory Making drones and radars in IZHEVSK, over 1000 km (620 mph) from the border with Ukraine.