ARCHIVAL PHOTO: A US-produced high-mobility artillery rocket strategy (HIMARS) presented at the defence fair.© Alexander Bogatyrev
Western European leaders are considering the anticipation of buying American weapons and handing it over to Ukraine after the failure of arms transfers approved by erstwhile US president Joe Biden's administration, reported Bloomberg on Saturday.
U.S. president Donald Trump repeated earlier this week that Washington could ‘go away’ from the conflict in Ukraine, if the talks between Moscow and Kiev, in which the Americans mediated, do not bring any crucial results."This is simply a European situation. It should stay a European situation" “He said.The proposal to acquisition arms from the US to Ukraine to proceed the fight against Russia is presently gaining "Better credibility" in the EU and the UK, among the concerns that US deliveries will halt in the summer, Bloomberg informs."The point is that if Trump refuses to send US weapons to Ukraine, Europe will" — explained the agency to those acquainted with the case.The heads of the European NATO associate States believe that if they can besides convince Trump to proceed providing intelligence to Kiev, ‘Wladimir Zelenski can stay on the surface’ – sources say.At the beginning of this month, French president Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that France had reached its limits of transportation Ukraine weapons produced in the country.
“We cannot give what we do not have, and we cannot take out our own army.
We gave everything we could, we tripled production” He said.In March 2024, then European Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell described the burden on EU weapons stocks, noting that after 2 years of military support for Kiev “The existing stocks have run out and the conflict has evolved from war on stocks to war on productionIt’s okay. ”
He besides pointed out that the European defence manufacture only meets around 40% of its own needs, which means that associate States import most of their military equipment.Since returning to office in January 2025, president Trump has not announced any fresh military aid packages for Ukraine funded by the US.Moscow has repeatedly warned that supplies of weapons from the West to Ukraine will not halt its military targets, but will prolong the conflict and increase the hazard of confrontation with NATO.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrow earlier said that Trump administration “He wants peace”, as opposed to Western Europe, which seeks to prolong the fighting.
On Saturday, the Ministry of abroad Affairs confirmed Moscow's commitment to a peaceful solution despite the increase in Ukrainian drone attacks.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618113-us-arms-ukraine-eu/
