Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainians welcomed President Donald Trump’s pledge More American-made weapons In their fight Russia’s attackEven though it is not clear what they will actually get and how soon they will get.
European country is the time limit for further weapons Have agreed to pay for Is important.
Russia is making one Summer push 1,000 km (620-mile) to break along the front line, and its drones and missiles Hammer to Ukrainian cities More than any time in the last three years.
Ukrainian officials have not made any direct comments about Trump’s decision, so that Russia could get 50 days permission to reach a deal to end the war, or he said what he said would be “very serious” economic sanctions. While some believe that strict tariffs on Moscow may be a game changer, by September the postponers hit others as being too long.
For Russia, the delay in Trump’s new sanctions is a vengeance. Senior Russian MP Consten Kosachev commented: “Oh, how much can you change in the battlefield and in 50 days with the mood of the US and NATO.”
Television of the Russian state said that Trump’s decision would bring a big financial burden for Europe.
Currently Russia has about 20% of Ukraine. Analysts say the Ukraine -deficient army has recently losing more areas, but there is no indication of a strange collapse on the front line.
Ukraine President Volodimier Zelansky said that he spoke to Trump after the Republican Leader Announcement of oval office Monday, thank you for the decision to send more Patriot Air Defense Missile These are important for protecting Ukrainian cities.
“We discussed … Measures and decisions required to provide maximum protection for people of Russian attacks and strengthen our posts.” “We agreed to talk more often and coordinate our steps in the future.”
Trump and Zelansky have made a infamous Horrific relationshipWashington’s consent to provide more weapons has reduced Kiev’s concerns.
Nevertheless, some Ukrainians felt that American decisions would not change the curriculum of war.
“If we take the situation overall, it hardly seems to have changed anything fundamentally,” 33 -year -old Kev resident Olece Olinks told the Associated Press.
70 -year -old Nina Tokar was also doubtful. “I (Trump) has very little faith. He says one thing today, and tomorrow he can say something else.”
An official of the Ukrainian Army, who fought in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, said the delays of the restrictions “is a very long time”.
“They (Russian) would say, ‘Give us two more weeks,’ and then in two weeks, ‘Give us another week.” This would pull it by October or November, “they told AP, using only call sign” cat “keeping in mind the rules of the Ukrainian army.
Dutch Foreign Minister Casper Weldcamp agreed. “I am confident that the 50 days announced by Mr. Trump are long. It is till September 2. I think it’s tall.”
Denmark Foreign Minister Larse Larke Rasmusen said in Brussels on Tuesday that a lot of work will be done about how arms, especially Patriot Systems.
But, an indication that Europe has been relieved that the US has not gone away from the struggle, he said: “The most important thing is that we now have an American readiness to give these most essential weapons.”
Some European countries, such as Hungary and Slovakia, still rely a lot on Russia for energy supply and can hit Trum’s threats hard on threats that buy its oil and gas – attempts to separate Moscow in the global economy.
Lithuania Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys stated that Trump’s 50-day delay “was an indication to prepare itself for Europe, as we still have some members who are exposed to import of oil and oil products from Russia.”
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that it should be seen whether Trump’s announcement would be a change, but “what is decisive is that the tone has changed.” Pistorius told ARD television that the President’s threat to banning after 50 days is “significant progress”.
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Cook reported from Brussels.
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Vasilisa Stapanko and Lorne Cook, Associated Press