During a Monday gathering with NATO's fresh secretary-general, Mark Rutte, the president of the United States announced that the United States would be providing Ukraine with weapons, the backing of which is to come from European funds.
We know president Trump has announced that the United States will produce equipment for Ukraine. I asked my fellow ministers [of the EU's abroad affairs] who should pay for this equipment. Whether European taxpayers, or better, in my opinion, would be paid by a frozen aggressor said Radosław Sikorski at a gathering of EU Heads of Diplomacy in Brussels on Tuesday.
Good conclusions, but late
The president of the United States besides announced that if no agreement was reached with Russia over the next 50 days to end the war in Ukraine, the US would introduce 100-percent. customs duties on Moscow and its trading partners.
We hope that this period 50 days before the entry of any US sanctions is simply a period to increase the force on the Russian Federation to yet come to its senses. – commented the Minister for abroad Affairs.
Mr Sikorski was pleased to see that the president of the United States had come to akin conclusions that the countries of the European Union had made much earlier. He stressed that it is not Ukraine that blocks the way to peace – she is the 1 who expresses readiness to suspend the weapon.
Ukraine agrees to unconditional ceasefire, and the only language Putin understands is the language of pressure. – added Sikorski.
Ready missiles
On Tuesday, Trump reported that the missiles to the Patriot systems were already on their way to Ukraine, and their transport began with German territory. The same day New York Times stated that most of the arms transferred to Ukraine via NATO states are ready to be dispatched.
Ukraine will receive 3 Patriot air defence systems – 2 of them were ordered by Germany and 1 by Norway. The value of a single set is estimated at about a billion dollars.
Tomahawk Rockets
Major General Wada Skibicki, Deputy Head of Ukrainian Military Intelligence HUR, revealed that in early July there was a telephone conversation between Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski, during which the possible anticipation of delivering to Ukraine American long-range missiles Tomahawk was discussed. However, no concrete findings were reached. specified an option – if implemented – could trigger a strong Kremlin reaction, as these missiles, with a scope of about 1,600 km, could harm targets in Moscow. Kiev's earlier requests for these missiles were rejected by the Biden administration.
According to Skibicki, during the talk on 4 July Trump asked Zelenski if Ukraine would be able to strike Moscow and Petersburg. The president of Ukraine was to answer yes, stating that this is possible if Kiev receives adequate weapons. Nevertheless, on Tuesday Trump expressed his opinion that Ukraine should not attack the Russian capital.
