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The Trump administration has halted all US military aid to Ukraine, blocking the delivery of ammunition, vehicles, and other equipment as it pressures Kyiv to agree to a peace deal. The drastic move, suspending aid agreed under the Biden administration, follows a diplomatic meltdown on Friday in which Donald Trump castigated Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Oval Office and told him he was “gambling with third world war”. The Ukrainian president appeared to subsequently anger his US counterpart on Monday by saying that the end of the conflict could be “very, very far away”.

A senior administration official told Fox News that “this is not permanent termination of aid, it’s a pause”. But Oleksandr Merezhko, the chair of Ukraine’s parliamentary foreign affairs committee, warned of the stark consequences, saying that Trump appeared to be coercing Ukraine to capitulate. “To stop aid now means to help [the Russian president, Vladimir] Putin,” Merezhko told Reuters. “On the surface, this looks really bad. It looks like he is pushing us towards capitulation, meaning [accepting] Russia’s demands.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/first-thing-us-suspends-military-aid-ukraine-trump-zelenskyy-row