Trump: Missiles are included in the weapons sold to NATO for Ukraine
Sputnik News, Washington, December 11. US President Trump said that missiles are included in the weapons sold to NATO for aid to Ukraine, but did not disclose the types.
Trump said at the White House: "We don't give money to Ukraine. We mainly sell missiles and other weapons to NATO, and NATO pays us, then they send them to Ukraine. I think they mainly send them to Ukraine."
The US president said that the United States does not allocate funds to Ukraine, but only sells weapons to NATO, although it has spent a lot of time and effort trying to mediate the conflict.
Trump told journalists: "But we don't spend money. We spend a lot of time and effort."
In early August, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said that the US and NATO would launch a new mechanism for aiding Ukraine called the "Ukraine Priority Requirements List" (PURL). This mechanism aims to ensure the rapid supply of weapons to Ukraine, with large quantities of weapons coming from the US. US Treasury Secretary Becerra said on August 20 that there is a 10% markup on weapons sold by the US to European countries for Ukraine.
Russia believes that supplying weapons to Ukraine hinders the resolution of the conflict and directly involves NATO countries in the conflict, which is playing with fire. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated that any supplies containing weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. He pointed out that the US and NATO are directly involved in the Ukraine conflict, not only through the supply of weapons, but also through training personnel in countries such as the UK, Germany, and Italy. The Kremlin stated that the West's delivery of weapons to Ukraine does not help negotiations, but instead produces negative effects.
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