Trump says Kyiv will receive more weapons a week after pause to us

Donald Trump said the United States will send more weapons to Ukraine after a message last week that Washington will stop some shipments with Kiev’s critical weapons.

During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he was not “satisfied” with Russian Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine “hit very hard”.

Trump also said the United States would send mostly “defense weapons” to help Ukraine’s military efforts.

Among the weapons that were reported to have been paused last week are the air defense rockets of a patriot and precision artillery shells. Voladimir Zelenski in Ukraine had appealed to the shipments to continue, describing US patriot systems as “true defenders of life.”

The White House said last week was made the decision “to put the interests of America first” in response to a review of the defense service for military support from other countries.

The obvious change of Trump’s heart came after days of deadly Russian drones and rocket barges in Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kiev. An attack on the city last Thursday took a third life, according to local officials.

Trump said late on Monday that Kyiv should be able to protect himself.

“We’ll send a few more weapons. Now we have to … they hit very hard,” he said during a press conference with Netanyahu.

“I’m disappointed that President Putin has not stopped,” he added.

The Pentagon replied with a short statement, Saying that “under the leadership of President Trump, the Ministry of Defense sends additional protective weapons to Ukraine to ensure that Ukrainians can defend themselves while working to secure lasting peace and to ensure that the murder stops.”

After a week of uncertainty, this move of the United States will come as a relief to Ukraine, says Paul Adams of the BBC in Kiev.

Kiev had warned that the course of pausing some shipments would impede his ability to defend himself from escalating air strikes and Russian progress on front lines.

Zelenski said at the end of last week that he had talked to Trump “about the opportunities in the air defense and agreed that we would work together to strengthen the protection of our sky.”

The war in Ukraine has been raging for more than three years since Russia launched its full -scale invasion in February 2022.

Negotiations to end fire also largely stopped after a few Trump attempts to overcome a deal between the two sides.

After calling Putin last week, Trump said “no progress” to end the conflict, adding “I don’t think he’s looking for to stop”.

Hours after the call, Ukraine said Russia fired a record 539 drones and 11 rockets He aimed at Kiev, but also hits the regions of sums, Harkiv, Denipropetrovsk and Chernihiv.

Zelenski called on international allies – especially the United States – to increase pressure on Moscow and to impose more sanctions.