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President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements.
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Responsible Statecraft on MSNDiplomacy Watch: Will Europe pay for Trump’s Ukraine aid?Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski said Russia attacked a Polish-owned flooring factory in Vinnytsia, Ukraine on Wednesday, according to EuroNews. "Putin's criminal war is getting closer to our borders,” Sikorski said, calling the attack deliberate.
About a month ago, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took a trip to Ukraine to advocate for greater pressure against Russia. “President Trump said Ukraine doesn’t have good cards…but the world has a lot of cards against Russia,” Graham said. “And one of those cards we have is about to be played in the United States Senate.”
Trump said the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached in 50 days.
President Donald Trump made an announcement Monday aligning him more firmly with Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion than ever before.
President Trump announced additional weapon support for Ukraine while threatening new tariffs and sanctions against Russia if a deal isn’t reached within 50 days. FOX’s Doug Luzader has more on the story.
After years pressing to end U.S. aid to Ukraine, many Republicans have abandoned that position now that President Trump is supporting the country against Russian aggression.
New developments Tuesday reinforced the idea that President Donald Trump has significantly shifted his view of the Ukraine war.
The change in Trump’s approach may also mean that the $US8 billion (£6 billion) of frozen Russian assets in the US (and US$223 billion in Europe) could be released to aid Ukraine, which would provide a ready means to pay for the US arms transfers.
After European leaders stepped up military spending, President Trump aligned himself more closely with them on the war. But his tariff threats have left bruises.
Officials say Russian weapons pounded Ukrainian cities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure