US President Donald Trump has temporarily suspended the supply of all American military aid to Ukraine with immediate effect.
Trump’s decision has come to light after an unprecedented confrontation with Ukraine President Volodimir Jailonsky at the US President’s office ‘Oval Office’.
A news by the ‘New York Times’ quoted a senior administrative officer as saying that Trump has temporarily suspended the supply of all US military aid to Ukraine and the order has come into force with immediate effect that would affect the supply of “weapons and ammunition of more than one billion US dollars”.
The news stated that Trump’s decision to stop military aid was taken after “several meetings” in the White House (official residence and office) between the US leader and senior associates related to his national security.
The official said that “this order will remain effective until” Trump determines that Ukraine has shown commitment to peace talks with Russia.
The order also banned hundreds of million US dollars of assistance through the “Ukraine Security Assistance initiative”. Money is provided through this first and Ukraine can use it only to buy new military hardware directly from US defense companies. ‘
According to the US State Ministry, the US has so far provided military assistance of $ 65.9 billion US $ 65.9 billion after Russia started a pre -planned attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022 and has been provided around 69.2 billion US dollars since an early invasion of Russia in 2014.
This recent blow for Ukraine on completion of three years of war with Russia. D. Vance has surfaced a few days after a sharp noise with Jailonski. Jailonsky came to the ‘White House’ last Friday and the two countries were ready to sign a rare mineral deal.
But the conversation between Trump and Jailnsky turned into a heated debate in front of the global media.