Ik drop deze hier en niet in het Oekraïne-forum:
https://www.nu.nl/spannin...ad-zou-te-klein-zijn.html
VS pauzeert deel wapenleveranties aan Oekraïne omdat eigen wapenvoorraden dan "te klein" zouden worden. En het treft natuurlijk exact de wapens die Oekraïne nu echt nodig heeft:
De wapens waarvan de levering wordt uitgesteld zouden moeten helpen bij het neerhalen van Russische drones, raketten en andere munitie. Dat luchtafweergeschut is juist nu door Oekraïne gewild, omdat Rusland de bombardementen de laatste tijd intensiveert.
Guardian artikel met extra info:
https://www.theguardian.c...ukraine-weapons-shipmentsCertain munitions were previously promised to Ukraine under the Biden administration to aid its defences during the more than three-year-old war. The pause reflects a new set of priorities under President Donald Trump and came after defence department officials scrutinised US stockpiles and raised concerns.
“This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a review of our nation’s military support and assistance to other countries across the globe,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement. “The strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned – just ask Iran.”
Ik gok zo dat de VS nu extra concessies van Oekraïne gaan eisen voordat de wapens alsnog worden geleverd, of een wapenstilstand gaan proberen op te leggen onder dreiging van meer:
Trump met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Nato summit last week and had left open the possibility of sending Kyiv more US-made Patriot air defence missile systems, acknowledging they would help the Ukrainian cause.
“They do want to have the antimissile missiles, OK, as they call them, the Patriots,” Trump said then. “And we’re going to see if we can make some available. We need them, too. We’re supplying them to Israel, and they’re very effective, 100% effective. Hard to believe how effective. They do want that more than any other thing.”
Those comments reflect a change of thinking about providing weapons to Ukraine across the administration in recent months.
In testimony before lawmakers in June, defence secretary Pete Hegseth said he had moved quickly to quash wasteful programmes and redirect funding to Trump’s top objectives.
Hegseth said a negotiated peace between Russia and Ukraine, which has been promoted for months by Trump, makes America look strong, even though Moscow is the aggressor in the conflict. He also said the defence budget includes hard choices and “reflects the reality that Europe needs to step up more for the defence of its own continent. And President Trump deserves the credit for that.”
Dit is ook de reden dat Europa zo snel mogelijk zich moet losweken van Amerikaanse fabrikanten, namelijk dat de industrie aldaar teveel gekoppeld is aan een overheid met een maffia-beleid waarbij de persoonlijkheid van de "president" het belangrijkst is.
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