“Fed up”: The U.S. will not provide new aid to Ukraine – The Economist

Trump Administration does not support Europe’s continued military aid to Ukraine.

This was reported by the British magazine The Economist, citing sources.

According to the publication, the United States is unlikely to approve new aid packages on its own.

“Pentagon officials recently asked one of their allies why they were still supplying weapons to Ukraine, and the question was ignored. Diplomats in Washington also report that some of Trump’s aides privately say they are fed up with Europe’s efforts to strengthen Ukraine. With such a chaotic administration, it’s hard to distinguish real signals from noise,” the magazine writes.

It is expected that the military aid packages approved under Joe Biden will run out in the coming months, and no new ones are currently anticipated. At the same time, the U.S. is withdrawing troops and equipment from Rzeszów—an important logistics hub in Poland through which weapons are delivered to Ukraine—shifting responsibilities to the Europeans.

Europe, led by the UK and France, is working to establish European support forces for Ukraine after a potential ceasefire, aiming to show Trump that they are taking on the burden of European security. The hope is to preserve at least some level of U.S. commitment—not necessarily to Ukraine, but to NATO.

According to the emerging plan, future deterrence of Russia would be carried out in three main areas: strengthening Ukrainian forces holding the eastern front line; deploying European forces in western Ukraine; and at least temporarily maintaining U.S. troops in NATO countries.

However, the magazine notes that the creation of such forces “depends on a constantly elusive ceasefire.”