US President Donald Trump said that he approved the provision of defense weapons to Ukraine. About this informs Clash Report.
“This is a war that should never have happened. Many people are dying and it has to end. Putin is treating people badly. He is killing too many people. So we are going to send Ukraine some defensive weapons. I approved it.”, — Trump noted.
At the same time, answering the question of who gave the order to temporarily stop military aid to Ukraine last week, the US president said:
“I don’t know, you tell me.”
We will remind, on July 4, a telephone conversation took place between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. The contact took place against the background of Trump’s dissatisfaction with Putin’s actions and the suspension of the supply of American weapons to Ukraine.
On July 7, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would send more weapons to Ukraine to defend against Russian attacks. Immediately after his statement, the Pentagon informed that deliveries had already begun. As it became known, Trump ordered the transfer of 10 interceptor missiles for the Patriot system to Ukraine, and is also putting pressure on Germany to sell one of its Patriot batteries to Ukraine.
