US President Donald Trump has stated that he doesn’t know who gave an order final week to halt arms provides to Ukraine.
Supply: Trump throughout a cupboard assembly, responding to questions from journalists
Particulars: Final week, the Pentagon introduced that it was suspending the supply of some artillery ammunition and air defence gear to Ukraine, citing the necessity to retain weapons to defend in opposition to different threats.
Nevertheless, on 7 July, Trump stated that the US ought to ship weapons to Ukraine for defence.
Commenting on this situation, the US president famous that Washington wished to produce Ukraine with weapons for defence as a result of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin "is killing too many individuals".
"So we’re sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I’ve accepted that," he stated.
Requested who ordered provides to Ukraine to be suspended final week, Trump replied, "I don't know. Why don't you inform me?"
Background:
- On Friday 4 July, US President Donald Trump held a cellphone name with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, throughout which they mentioned the difficulty of arms provides to Ukraine.
- After speaking with Zelenskyy, Trump stated he was pleased with the dialogue and able to assist Ukraine, however for the primary time ever, he questioned whether or not the Russian chief actually needs peace.
- Axios reported that Trump has ordered 10 Patriot air defence missiles to be shipped to Ukraine and is pressuring Germany to promote one in every of its Patriot batteries to Ukraine.
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