Donald Trump had canceled an important sending of ammunition last week. Meanwhile, he said he was “very dissatisfied” with negotiations with Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump turns again. 155mm (standard NATO) shells and GMLS (Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System) missiles used by M270 multiple rocket launchers will be delivered to Ukraine, according to Reuters Who quotes two senior American officials this Wednesday. These did not specify the number of ammunition sent. Unexpectedly, the American president had canceled, last week, a delivery of armaments. It contained 30 Patriot missiles (air defense), 8,500 155 mm shells, more than 250 missiles for GMLRS and 142 Hellfire air-ground missiles.
“This decision was made to put the interests of America first, following a review, by the Ministry of Defense, from the military aid of our nation to other countries around the world”, had justified a spokesperson for the White House on July 2. “From what we understand, this decision was motivated by (…) a lack of weapons in warehouses. But, in any case, the less weapons provided to Ukraine, the more the end of the special military operation ‘is near “, had immediately rejoiced Dmitri Peskov, spokesperson for the Kremlin.
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This «pause» is part of Russian-American negotiations around the Ukraine War. Upon his return to power, Donald Trump had promised to resolve the conflict in 48 hours, then in 100 days. Las, disagreements have persisted. Moscow requires the abandonment by Ukraine of five parts partly conquered: Crimea, Zaporijjia, Kherson, Louhansk and Donetsk. In addition, kyiv must agree not to enter NATO and have a reduced army. Until then no agreement has been reached. A few exchanges of prisoners, however, took place. At the start of the week, the American president said he was “Very unhappy” the turn of negotiations, accusing his Russian counterpart of “Say a lot of bullshit”.
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“We will have to send more weapons, mainly defensive weapons”he added on Monday. He even hinted ready to harden the sanctions with regard to Russia. Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on Friday with the American president and assured that the latter is ready to “Strengthen protection” from the Ukrainian sky. Ten Patriot systems were promised, according to the well -informed site Axios . Germany would also undertake to buy these weapons to deliver them to kyiv. Tuesday, the Ukrainian president has “charge” his Minister of Defense and the chief of staff of the army of“Intensify all contacts with the American part” Regarding the delivery of anti -aircraft defense systems.
The United States regularly delivers weapons to Ukraine. Nearly 64.6 billion dollars have been allocated to kyiv since the start of the large -scale invasion on February 24, 2022, according to the Like Institute who lists them. On the ground, however, the Russian army continues its slow progression. She announced that she had conquered, for the first time, a village in the Dnipro Oblast on Monday. If this one is not one of the claimed oblasts, Vladimir Putin had shown himself clear on June 20: “Where a Russian soldier puts a foothold, it belongs to us”.
