The US president said yesterday Thursday that the US will offer weapons to NATO and that it would make a “major” announcement on Monday.
In recent days, Trump has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin due to the lack of progress in the talks of ending the war with Ukraine.
“I think on Monday I will have a major announcement about Russia,” the US president told NBC News refusing to give other clarifications.
President Donald Trump told NBC News he is “disappointed in Russia” and plans to make a “major statement” about the country on Monday — though he declined to offer any details when pressed.
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Washington sends military equipment to Ukraine via NATO
At the same time, the Republican spoke on the television network about the new, as he described it, an agreement between the US, their NATO allies and Ukraine on the provision of US weapons in Kiev.
“We send weapons to NATO and NATO pays for these weapons, 100%. So what we do is that the weapons we send go to NATO and then NATO will give these weapons (to Ukraine) and NATO pays for these weapons, “he explained.
“We send weapons to NATO and NATO will compensate the full cost of these weapons,” he added.
It has been the first time since he returned to the US presidency that Trump announces the mission of military equipment to Kiev using one of his privileges as president, something Joe Biden’s predecessor had repeatedly made, two sources said yesterday.
Trump’s team will identify military equipment to Ukraine on the basis of the US president’s right to draw weapons from US military reserves to help allies of the country facing an emergency, the sources added. One of them pointed out that the total cost of these weapons may range from $ 300 million.
On Tuesday, the Republican had stated that the US would send more military equipment to Ukraine to help her tackle Russia’s advance.
The weapons to be sent to Kiev may include rockets for the Patriot anti -aircraft defense system and medium -range offensive missiles. However, there has not yet been a definitive decision on the exact equipment to be given to Ukraine, the sources said, with one declaring that this would be decided on Thursday.
So far, during the second Trump term, the US has sent Ukraine only equipment which was approved by the previous government.
New Rubio – Lavrov conversation new
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart Marco Rubio had a new conversation on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting, which continues, in the capital of Malaysia, was reported by the Russian State News Agency Tass today.
The leaders of the two countries’ diplomacy had a short – renowned – meeting, “standing up”, reported a correspondent from the agency. He added that information was not released on what they were discussing.
They had a meeting of about 50 minutes in Kuala Lumpur.
“With calm” treats the Kremlin “Zig Zag” Trump
Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, according to the RIA news agency, that the one that has described a positive tendency in relations with the US continues despite maneuvering and impasses – “Zig Zag”, as it has put it – by the Trump government.
“No, I do not agree that the positive tendency to the relationship between Moscow and Washington erases,” Mr Ryabkov said, according to the agency. “I think the current US government is making a zigzag on it and on many other issues. I would not say that there is a march set once and for all. We do not dramatize this situation. “
On Wednesday, the White House tenant, stressing that “I am not happy.” “We hear a lot of nonsense against us by Putin … he is very kind all the time, but it turns out that this attitude is superficial without deeper meaning,” Trump added.
“We are facing it calmly” and “we consider to continue our dialogue with Washington,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when he was asked during a daily briefing by reporters about the recent hardening of Donald’s statements.
