US President Donald Trump for the first time since January return to the White House will send weapons to Ukraine based on presidential authoritywhich was often used by his predecessor at Joe Biden, said two sources on Thursday. According to Reuters, this step suggests a new interest in Trump in the defense of Ukraine, writes TASR.
Sources familiar with the President’s decision claim that Trump’s team will designate weapons from the United States supplies that it sends to Ukraine through the PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority) mechanism that allows Delivery of weapons from the US Army reserves. One of the sources said the value of these weapons could have approximately $ 300 million.
The White House chief announced on Monday that the US would send additional weapons to Ukraine. According to him, the Ukrainians “must be able to defend themselves” as “they receive very, very hard interventions”. According to sources, the package could include Patriot’s defense missiles and medium -range offensive missiles, but it has not yet been decided what US equipment they would send Kiev. However, according to one of the sources, the decision could be made on Thursday.
The Trump administration has so far sent Ukraine only those weapons approved by former President Joe Biden, who, according to Reuters, was a faithful supporter of Kiev. Reuters claims that The US has $ 3.86 billion available for Ukraine as part of the presidential powers. The last drawing of $ 500 million was approved by Biden on January 9 this year.
The main priorities of Ukraine include the Patriot missile systems and the GMLRS missile system, which, according to Reuters, could be part of the Kiev package. This month, Trump’s administration has suspended some deliveries for Ukraine, but after more than a week the United States has restored some deliveries.
