"The program has not been canceled": Rubio replied if Ukraine will receive new weapons packages from the US

To extend: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US military assistance was allocated for the cadence of the previous President Joe Baiden, but the decision on new packages was not made. At the same time, he noted that the states were discussing with the Allies the possibility of transferring additional Patriot systems to Kiev. He said this during a statement in the Capitol before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 20. "It is ongoing.

There was a pause for one week, but everything was restored," Rubio commented for the suspension of military assistance to Ukraine. The democratic senator, Gin Shahin, noted that his words concerned the exchange of intelligence, and asked a clarifying question about weapons. "This program has not been canceled, they continue to receive weapons," Rubio replied.

Asked whether the states continue to finance Ukraine's defense needs and whether they were ready to provide assistance in the future, the Secretary of State noted that it has no influence on this issue. According to him, the Ukrainian army continues to receive everything that has been approved by Congress under the administration of the previous President Joe Biden, but there are no decisions on new packages.

Rubio also noted that Ukraine asks for additional air defense systems that there is no in the United States. According to Rubio, the partners of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) have anti-aircraft missile complexes of Patriot, which they could transfer to Ukraine to protect the airspace of Kiev and other cities, and Washington works with the Bloc countries on this issue. On March 1, the White House Prescribe on March 1 announced that the United States stops military assistance to Ukraine.

It happened after the White House scandal during the meeting of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with US President Donald Trump on February 28, when a dispute over security guarantees in the Mining Agreement broke out between the leaders of the countries. On March 11, the CLASH REPORT portal, citing its sources, wrote that the United States had resumed weapons supply to Ukraine and exchange intelligence, but provided that assistance would be used "solely for defense.