Trump tells Europe his administration will continue military support for Ukraine ā FT
US President-elect Donald Trump has assured Europe that his administration will continue military support for Ukraine once he takes office.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has assured Europe that his administration will continue military support for Ukraine once he takes office.
Source: Financial Times (FT), citing sources familiar with the matter, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Three sources familiar with discussions with Western officials have revealed that Trump plans to continue supplying Ukraine with US military aid following his inauguration.
British officials who visited Washington in early December told FT that Trump believes that supplying weapons to Ukraine after the ceasefire is in line with the idea of "peace through strength".
At the same time, they said, Trump still believes that Ukraine should never become a NATO member and wants an immediate end to the war.
During his election campaign, Donald Trump promised to cut off aid to Ukraine and force Kyiv to hold immediate peace talks, the Financial Times notes.
Among other things, the US president-elect pledged to end the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours".
Background:
ć»Trump's team is currently working on a plan to end the fighting in Ukraine, and he recentlysaid that he had made "some progress".
ć»The US president-elect alsostated that he would not "abandon Ukraine" in his attempts to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian war.