US President Donald Trump Announced a temporary stop On Monday, US military assistance to Ukraine, amid relations that doubt its Ukrainian counterpart, Folodimir Zelinski.

The United States has been the largest supplier of defense aid in Ukraine since Russia’s full invasion of the country of Eastern Europe in February 2022, regardless of work as a diplomatic force by a wide alliance of nations Kiev against Moscow.

But stopping military aid comes after Zelinski’s increasing general criticism from Trump and his senior officials, at a time when Ukraine was completely the opposite – that the United States was strengthening its hand before peace negotiations with Russia that Trump paid.

So what exactly stopped Trump, why did he do that, and Ukraine could continue to fight Russia without new American military assistance?

What happened?

After rising tensions with Zelenskyy, Trump stopped military aid to Kiev, the American media reported on Monday, quoting US officials whose name was unveiled and who insisted that the president was not convinced that Zelinski was committed to peace.

The temporary stopping news came hours after Trump’s books on the social truth platform, accusing Zelinski of not wanting to end the war for “as long as he had support to America.”

A stand will continue until Ukraine will submit a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.

Why did the United States stop military aid?

Before Trump and the real social reality stopped, Zelinski said that the end of the Ukrainian war “is still very far”, while briefing in Kiev on Sunday.

“This is the worst statement that Zelinski could have made, and America will not bear with him for a longer period!” Trump responded to the social truth.

Zelinski He met with Trump, US Vice President JD Vance and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio at the White House Casablanca on February 28. The tone of their press reaction quickly turned when Trump and the Foss of Ukrainian leader were accused of not thanking him enough for the military assistance that the United States sent to Kiev.

One month after his inauguration, Trump has transformed the US policy on the Ukraine war to be more open to communicating with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Last month, officials from Washington and Moscow met Peace negotiations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia With Ukraine and Europe, they were not invited to join them.

When Zelenskyy and its European allies Discontent On this, Trump He accused the Ukrainian president To start war, which leads to a Exchanging tense words Between him and Zelinski.

Despite the recent tensions with Trump, Zelinski said on Sunday, “I think our relationship (with the United States) will continue, because it is more than just a transverse relationship.”

Then the Trump announced a bomb that the United States would freeze all military aid to Ukraine.

How much military aid promised by the United States Ukraine?

Since Russia has been widely invaded to Ukraine in February 2022, which was the beginning of this war, the US government has allocated about 86 billion dollars to send to Ukraine in military aid from Congress budgets and the Ministry of Defense (DOD), according to accounts by the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), using a DOD budget document.

This money was pledged through multiple mechanisms, including 46 billion dollars through the PDA, 33 billion dollars through the Ukrainian security assistance initiative (USAI), and $ 7 billion through what is known as foreign military financing (FMF).

The funds allocated by the United States are the first financing that enters into the manufacture of weapons that are shipped to Ukraine. These include air defense systems, missiles, helicopters, tanks, coastal defense systems and body shields. Some money also aims to renew the shares of the exhausted American weapons and ammunition that were transferred to Ukraine to help it fight Russia.

But decisively, most of the funds allocated by the United States government have been allocated to support the Ukrainian military defense that has not yet been spent, according to CSIS analysis.

What is exactly to stop?

Tens of billions of dollars may be in military aid.

The White House has not yet clarified what it required a pause, but in theory, it can include stopping the show not only future aid, but all the money that was allocated to help Ukraine – which has not yet reached Kiev in the form of weapons or other military assistance.

Since he took office, Trump has not agreed to any new assistance packages for Ukraine. Consequently, the assistance packages that can be suspended are those that former President Joe Biden approved.

Of the $ 86 billion funds allocated, only $ 20.2 billion was extracted to Ukraine, according to CSIS.

Other $ 28.6 billion has been committed, which means that the US Department of Defense has announced how it has been planning to use funds. A bucket of $ 34.2 billion has been obligated, which means that the government has signed contracts for the production of equipment. The stop pause may mean that the United States does not allow any of this to reach Ukraine until Zelinski cancels relations with Trump.

Some threatened aid has expired about $ 2.7 billion, before using it because it was not spent inside the schedules stipulated during the allocation.

The planned delivery operations for 2025 included ammunition for a type of artillery weapons called “Dv -Deers”, as well as air defense systems, as Mark Kansian, a former US Marine Colonel and a senior consultant at CSIS, said on the island.

How long does Ukraine depend on American weapons?

Not as much as you did before.

During the war, Ukraine scrambled to intensify its defense production capabilities, the country’s Prime Minister Denis Shmeisal Declare last year.

British journalist Pierce Morgan reported in an interview published on February 4 that Ukraine now produces 40 percent of the weapons it needs, while the United States provides 30 percent. “You can imagine what will happen to us without this 30 percent crucial,” Zelinski told Morgan. Zelinski told a press conference on February 19 that Ukraine is largely producing drones and electronic and artillery systems.

The remaining 30 percent of Ukraine’s weapons come from other sources, including Europe.

But the weapons provided by the United States to Ukraine are the bloodiest and most edited in the Eastern Eastern State arsenal.

Can Ukraine continue to fight without the United States?

Kansian said that without military assistance from the United States, the Ukrainian forces may be able to withstand for two to four months before Russia penetrated its lines.

“The stopping of US delivery operations to nearly half of Ukraine’s acquisition of weapons, ammunition and supplies. As, Ukraine was barely consistent with the Russians who scrutinized their front lines and achieved continuous and expensive gains.

“Without American military aid, the Ukrainian forces will gradually lose combat capacity. I think that the Ukrainians can withstand for two to four months before they penetrate their lines and penetrate the Russians.”

Can Europe fill this gap?

“European military aid is almost compatible with US military aid so far. Kansian has said that filling the gap in a extended pause in American aid requires an increasing commitment to Europe.

However, weapons are not achieved overnight. The delivery of any new European obligations to Ukraine – it will be difficult for Europe to fill the gap immediately in equipment delivery. “

European leaders have recently rose He was discussing How can security guarantees provide Kiev. During a security summit in London on Sunday attended by Zelinski, British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer and a group of European leaders discussed that he was It is necessary to continue the flow From weapons to Ukraine. In addition, Starmer announced a deal of 1.6 billion pounds (one billion dollars), allowing Ukraine to spend the amount on 5,000 air defense missiles.

However, it is unclear the amount of European allies in Ukraine will be able to provide it and whether they will block the gap left by Trump’s stop. Zelinski leaders and the Publicists have admitted that Washington’s support is crucial in reaching the end of the war in Ukraine. “To support peace on our continent and success, this effort must have strong support,” Starmer said after the Sunday summit.

almost 300 billion dollars from the Russian Central Bank Assets were frozen by the United States and Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine in a punitive measure. Now, European governments such as Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are increasing to transfer these assets to Ukraine. “The Europeans can take advantage of this to buy additional weapons, but this will be a major political shift,” Kansian said.

However, French President Emmanuel Macron has resisted the use of frozen Russian origins, fearing that it would violate the principle of immunity on foreign assets and remove foreign investors such as China and Saudi Arabia.

What are the reactions to freezing Trump’s help?

Trump’s decision extracted the anger of Democrats.

Brendan Boyle, a member of Congress in Pennsylvania, described Trump’s decision as “reckless, unacceptable, and a direct threat to our national security” in a press statement on Monday.

“This aid was approved by Congress on the basis of the two parties – the Republicans and Democrats alike realized that standing with Ukraine stands for democracy and against Putin’s aggression,” Boyle added.

Democratic actor Dan Goldman said that Trump’s new move is “another blackmail by President Zelinski.”