Ukraine is forced to peace with the Russian Federation: the United States has stopped supplying all weapons - The Economist

But several reports said they included Patriot air defense. Pentagon stated that the pause was intended to provide a general overview of weapons supply to facilitate the termination of the war in Ukraine "while maintaining military readiness and priorities of US defense. " But in Ukraine it is believed that it is "coercion to peace," The Economist writes. Sean Parnell, a representative of the Pentagon, said: "We cannot give weapons all and everywhere.

We must take care of America and protect our homeland and our troops around the world. " Officials said the review was global and any pause could eventually be canceled. Ukrainian officials say that in fact all supplies of American weapons, including shells and spare parts, have stopped that US officials were denied. Pentagon represents a break as a limited and temporary measure.

But Ukrainian officials suspect the more coordinated efforts of the Trump administration to sustain political concessions from Ukraine, as it was in early March, when the United States had briefly stopped supplying weapons and cooperation in the field of intelligence after a public quarrel between Donald Trump and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

However, recently, the relations between Trump and Zelensky seemed to have improved as Ukraine has accepted US calls for immediate ceasefire, and Russia has delayed the process, hoping to achieve more in the ground. At the Hague Summit in Hague last week, Trump seemed to be ready to find more Patriot interceptors for Ukraine. Whatever the situation is, it seems obvious that US support for Ukraine is weakening.

Trump has not assumed any new weapons obligations to assist her from the moment of his return to the White House: tens of billions of dollars approved by Congress last year remain invaded. The Congress, which is dominated by the Republicans, also did not allocate new funds. There is no money for Ukraine in the "Great Beautiful Bill".

Officials said that already small amounts for Ukraine in the usual budget of the Pentagon will be even more cut in the framework of the budget request for the 2026 financial year, although they did not give any details.

American support was mainly in two forms: presidential reduction permission (PDA), in which the Pentagon urgently supplied weapons to Ukraine from its own reserves; and the security assistance initiative in Ukraine (USAI), a slower process in which America ordered weapons for Ukraine from manufacturers.

The Trump administration did not make any applications for PDA from the moment of coming to power in January, but according to Mark Kancian and Chris Park from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, it was expected that a weapon ordered under USAI would continue to arrive by the end of 2028. If these deliveries are now interrupted, it will mean even more abruptly cessation of US support than feared.

The Pentagon has long been worried about the impact of war in Ukraine on its supply of weapons. It is reported that since the beginning of this year, the Pentagon officials have been spreading memoranda in which low reserves are concerned. It is believed that the decision to stop deliveries has been made by Elbridge Kolbi, Deputy Pentagon Minister, who has long been in favor of moving America's military resources from Europe and the Middle East to focus on Asia and rivalry with China.

According to reports, he directed the inspection of ammunition reserves of the Pentagon against the background of fears that artillery shells, air defense products and high -precision ammunition fell to a dangerously low level. Donald Trump promised to put an end to the war in Ukraine on his first day in office. Almost six months later, he did not seem to be approaching the ceasefire, despite his friendly calls with Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

Although Russia is an aggressor, the United States chooses Ukraine for compulsion, as our country is highly dependent on Western support. Ukraine has increased its military industry, not least in the field of drones. European countries already supply more weapons to Ukraine than America and, increasing defense costs, have promised to help fill the deficit as America stops support.

But they are also catastrophically lacking in air defense, and the Patriot system proved to be particularly effective against ballistic and other missiles, which are constantly attacking the peaceful cities of Ukraine. Earlier, Focus wrote about the termination of weapons to Ukraine from the United States. The promised was already in Poland. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the White House did not report either the moratorium or the change of delivery schedules.