Trump Plans $300 Million US Arms Transfer to Ukraine
US President Donald Trump plans to transfer weapons to Ukraine under presidential powers for the first time during his second term.
The Gaze reports on this with reference to Reuters.
According to the publication's sources, Trump plans to transfer a package of military aid to Ukraine for the first time during his second term in the White House, using presidential powers, which Joe Biden usually used for this purpose.
According to one of the interlocutors, the estimated cost of the package could be $300 million.
It may include, in particular, interceptor missiles for Patriot and missiles for striking medium-range targets.
The interlocutors noted that at the time of the conversation, a decision on the specific contents of the package had not yet been made and that this could happen at a meeting on Thursday, 10 July.
Until now, the Trump administration had only transferred weapons to Ukraine that had been agreed upon by the Biden administration, and in early July, there was a pause in these deliveries.
According to media reports, this was the result of a unilateral decision by Pentagon chief Pete Gagset, and Trump was not aware of it in advance. The administration did not publicly acknowledge this.
However, on 7 July, Trump announced that the United States should send weapons to Ukraine for defence. According to media reports, he had previously told Zelensky in a conversation with the Ukrainian president that he was not personally involved in the decision to halt the deliveries.
According to the Axios portal, Trump ordered 10 Patriot interceptor missiles to be sent to Ukraine and is also pressuring Germany to sell one of its Patriot batteries to Ukraine.
There is also information that Trump is allegedly considering providing Ukraine with another Patriot air defence system.
As The Gaze reported earlier, the United States has only about 25% of the Patriot interceptor missiles needed for all of the Pentagon's military plans after stocks in the Middle East were depleted in recent months.