in World News How Big Did Zelenskyy Mess Up Meeting with Trump? Just Look at What US Warplanes Did After Oval Office Disaster
American military aid to Ukraine was stopped so abruptly that planes carrying weapons were ordered to turn around in the sky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instigated an argument with President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance during a meeting in the Oval Office last week, and the consequences could be massive for the war-torn country.
The Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday that Trump ordered a pause on all aid to the Eastern European nation, with all assistance officially coming to a stop as of Monday evening, according to USA Today.
One official reportedly said that planes en route delivering aid would have to turn around midflight.
If the pause on aid continues, the move will kneecap Ukraine’s ability to continue defending itself from Russia in a war that has extended longer than three years.
The United States has by far contributed the most to the Ukrainian war effort out of any single country.
One federal interagency group estimates the amount of total aid to be $183 billion as of Dec. 31, while European Union institutions have contributed $52.1 billion and individual European countries have sent a combined $60.4 billion.
By the tally of Reuters, America has spent $65 billion on military aid specifically, primarily through the Presidential Drawdown Authority and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
The former program allowed now-former President Joe Biden, and now allows Trump, to approve transfers of equipment from American stockpiles to foreign countries without the approval of Congress.
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