Trump makes shocking move, Zelenskyy set to face heat as US stops…., what will Ukraine do now?

The Trump administration has suspended all US aid to Ukraine. This is a major blow to Kiev after a dispute with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House last week. Ukrainian officials have already expressed a lack of resources to fight Russia.

The Donald Trump administration of the US on Tuesday stopped all military aid to Europe after a public confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week. Sources said, “The President has made it clear that his focus is on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are stopping our aid to ensure that it is contributing to the solution.”

A report in The New York Times quoted a senior administration official as saying that Trump temporarily suspended the delivery of all US military aid to Ukraine and that the order takes effect immediately, affecting “more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipeline and on order”.

The report said Trump’s decision to halt military aid “resulted from a series of meetings” at the White House between the US leader and his senior national security aides.

The official said “the order would be in effect until” Trump determined that Ukraine had demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.

The order also pauses “hundreds of millions of dollars in aid through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides funds that Kyiv can use only to buy new military hardware directly from US defence companies.”

According to the US State Department, Washington has till date provided USD 65.9 billion in military assistance since Russia launched its premeditated, unprovoked, and brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and approximately USD 69.2 billion in military assistance since Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014.

Ugly verbal spat between Trump-Zelenskyy

Trump and Vice President J D Vance had a heated verbal exchange with Zelensky, who was visiting the White House last Friday and the two countries were all set to sign a rare mineral deal.

But talks between Trump and Zelensky unravelled in a heated exchange that played out in front of the global media.

As the conversation grew heated, Trump told Zelenskyy, “You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War Three. You’re gambling with World War Three, and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that’s backed you far more than a lot of people say they should.”

Trump and Vance also criticised Zelensky for not being grateful enough for the support that the US had given so far to Ukraine in its war with Russia. As leaders from Europe and around the world took to social media website X to rally behind Zelenskyy and underscore their support for Kyiv, the Ukrainian leader responded to everyone with the same message – “Thank you for your support.”