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U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a suspension of all military aid to Ukraine, escalating pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky mere days after a heated exchange in the Oval Office cast doubt on U.S. support for Kyiv.

A senior Defense Department official told Bloomberg that all U.S. military assistance to Ukraine is on hold until Trump determines that Ukrainian leaders are making a genuine effort toward peace.

The pause affects not only future aid but also weapons already in transit, including shipments on aircraft and ships, as well as equipment awaiting transfer in Poland.

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Edit: changed source from Bloomberg to Kyiv Independent b/c there's no paywall and more detail in the story.

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[–] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 120 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The US wouldn’t stop military aid to Israel while the IDF destroyed hospitals and killed children and journalists among many other war crimes. They will freeze aid to Ukraine as it defends itself in a war of conquest. Evidence suggests the USA would rather align with criminals like Putin and Netanyahu than war victims.

[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 24 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

That really is a stark contrast. What do the apologetics say about this?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Probably "we won, you lost, get over it" as if that's how any of this works.

[–] SufferingSteve@feddit.nu 6 points 7 hours ago

They won, all lost

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

https://www.itamilradar.com/2025/03/04/look-who-we-have-here/

"The ambiguous American behavior continues: on the one hand, they (verbally) threaten to withdraw support for Ukraine, including intelligence assistance, while on the other hand, they are increasing SIGINT flights over the Black Sea."

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

Who says those SIGNT flights are for Ukraine anymore?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago

At best they won't share, at worst it's for russia

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[–] yankfreelive@lemmy.cafe 51 points 10 hours ago
[–] Sati1984@lemmy.world 61 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Each time I read "Trump orders", "Trump does X", I always ask myself: "Wait, can he do that? Congress? House? Judiciary? Cheks? Balances? Hellooooooooooo...?"...

... but this is still the first few months of his second term. At this pace, he will be a literal king in a few more months.

A scary prospect to say the least, and I hope it's not too late for America to do something about this. This should not be normalized. This cannot be normalized.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The average us citizen doesn’t have a solid grasps of how our government actually works.

Defunding education and gutting curriculum and removing civics education has … been impactful.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say the average republican does have a solid grasp of how the government works, seeing the extremely high activity of Trump's government. Turns out the "checks and balances" and the "branches of government" and all of that shit only serves to slow down progressive policy. When it's about bombing brown kids or defending healthcare, policy can speed through the fucking system

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Checks and balances are only are good as the morals of the people enforcing them.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Laws only have value as long as someone is willing to enforce them. It's all a social construct.

I'm not from the US and am far from being a legal expert, but your country appears to be close to being lawless (or is getting there at an accelerated pace).

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I mean it's really not close to lawless, it's just we've decided one man is king and can't do anything illegal

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[–] Ronno@feddit.nl 123 points 12 hours ago (19 children)

until Trump determines that Ukrainian leaders are making a genuine effort toward peace.

They are literally shooting every Russian they spot on their soil, how is that not making a genuine effort toward peace?

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 12 hours ago

He means "capitulate to the enemy"

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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 32 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Since he can't do this and needs congress' help, why aren't they stopping him? Why are they all bending over backwards to please Putin?

[–] skygirl@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago

Because the only meaningful political move for Republicans today is to follow Trump. If they push back they get cut from the pack and lose support.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 48 points 12 hours ago (9 children)

Just as his master told him.

The US media still does not dare to call Trump a Russian agent, despite him showing all symptoms.

There has been no single Russian attempt to destroy the US being as successful as putting their own agent into the White House, right into the Oval Office.

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[–] Nunar@lemmy.world 32 points 12 hours ago

He's a Russian asset. How is this a surprise?

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