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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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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 hours ago (6 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."

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[–] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 112 points 9 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 23 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

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

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[–] yankfreelive@lemmy.cafe 50 points 9 hours ago
[–] Sati1984@lemmy.world 57 points 9 hours ago (8 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.

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[–] Ronno@feddit.nl 118 points 11 hours ago (14 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 51 points 11 hours ago

He means "capitulate to the enemy"

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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 29 points 9 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 28 points 9 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.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

Because congress is dominated by the oligarch sycophants as well.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 48 points 11 hours ago (1 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.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

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

US operation in the black sea today

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

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Who's to say that data is for Ukraine?

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

I'm gonna guess it's for russia then

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Best case they will still share data, they could also just be gathering it up for themselves, worst case is sending it to russia

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[–] Nunar@lemmy.world 32 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 62 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Ok. Part 1 is done. Part 2 & 3 (order doesn't matter) is that Trump ends sanctions and then stages a massive false flag attack that they then blame on Ukrainian Extremists upset over the ending of support to enact a full police state.

Part 4: ???

Part 5: profit

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Part 4: USA falls apart

Part 5: China profits

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 240 points 17 hours ago (30 children)

The U.S. Military and the CIA must know what a threat to the country Trump is, right?

......right?

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

As far as I'm aware, the military, in the best case, will simply refuse to follow unlawful orders. There are formal processes to do so. That's part of military culture and law. Whether that system will hold up to Trump is unknown. When he issues unlawful orders, will soldiers simply refuse to comply? Unknown.

But one thing is for sure. It's not part of military culture to actively resist. There is no formal process for that to be protected or OK. That's simply insurrection and rebellion.

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