US President Donald Trump paused in Ukraine’s military aid to Ukraine after the altercation on Friday with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, an official of the White House said on Monday, March 3.
“We take a break and review our aid to ensure that it contributes to the search for a solution” to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, said the official on condition of anonymity. “The president clearly said that he was focusing on peace. We need our partners to also agree to achieve this goal,” he added.
This decision was made after a meeting at the White House on Monday afternoon with the officials responsible for defense, Pete Hegseth, and diplomacy, Marco Rubio, as well as the main advisers of President Donald Trump.
Asked about it earlier on Monday, the Republican had not answered clearly but indicated that discussions were standing “at the very moment”. “It is not a permanent end of the aid, it is a break,” said another American official, also under cover of anonymity and quoted by the Fox News channel.
$ 65.9 billion in military aid since 2022
Donald Trump does not take off against Volodymyr Zelensky after the meeting on Friday at the White House which turned into a verbal confrontation, further accentuating his threats against the Ukrainian leader on Monday, whom he suspected of “not wanting peace” with Russia. “It should not be so difficult to find an agreement. And this agreement could take place very quickly […]. Now, maybe there is someone who does not want to agree, and if that someone does not agree, I think that person will not be there very long, “he said on Monday during a brief exchange with journalists.
The American president also judged that his Ukrainian counterpart should be more “recognizing” for the help of the United States. But he also considered that the agreement on access to Ukrainian minerals, that Volodymyr Zelensky was supposed to sign in Washington on Friday before his visit turned shortly, could still be concluded.
As a commentary on the words of Volodymyr Zelensky, who judged that an agreement ending the war was still “very, very distant”, Donald Trump also wrote on his social social network: “It is the worst thing Zelensky could say and America will not tolerate it for a very long time. That’s what I said, this guy does not want to support America.”
American military aid was approved under the former administration of Joe Biden. According to the United States Department of State, the United States provided, from February 24, 2022 to January 20, 2025, “65.9 billion dollars in military assistance” in Ukraine.