For $ 50 million: Trump approved the first sale of weapons to Ukraine - media

Exports should be made through Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) - contracts between foreign entities and US companies that have been licensed for exports of defense goods and services. Such permission was the first since Trump's return to the White House in January. It is noted that the sale covers exports of defense products, including technical data and defense services to Ukraine.

From 2015 to 2023, the states invisibly allowed the constant export of defense products and services to Ukraine worth more than $ 1. 6 billion through DCS. "All DCS are quiet; they are not publicly announced as the sale of military equipment abroad," said Badywar, Analyst on the Safety Group of the Accurate Research Group. Badhvarvin added that the news here was that the sale of American weapons continued, despite all the predictions that Donald Trump would be completely "cut" Ukraine.

The license for a license for sale for $ 50 million was submitted to the Congress through a law on control of the export of weapons, which authorizes the US Presidents to control the import and export of defense goods and services, according to the official notice sent to the Congress on the Department of Legislative Affairs of the State Department. Dr.

Michael Sesire, a defense and security researcher in Rand, a non -profit, impartial research organization, believes that if US military assistance continues, "it will increase the influence of the United States. " "Trump's administration has repeatedly stated its desire to reach a long cease ceasefire in Ukraine. To achieve this goal, levers of influence on both Kiev and Moscow will be required," Dr. Sesire said.

The media reported in early March that the US stopped supplying military assistance to Ukraine. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office Michael Podolyak on March 4 said that first it is necessary to evaluate which programs will stop working, because many of them were already at the stage of completion. Podolyak stressed that Ukraine had already had experience when the US military support programs stopped for a long time.

The advisor assured that the country is able to adapt to such situations. Recall that analyst Julian Ryopke believes that Trump's opinion does not sell to Ukraine necessary to protect weapons, including missiles for Patriot systems, is "contradictory from an economic point of view". According to Ryopke, the US president is so concerned about negotiations with the Russian Federation that he rejects the opportunity to earn billions of dollars on weapons export.