Russia welcomes Trump’s Ukrainian aid suspension, Ukrainians vow to fight and hope for more European support

President Trump Announced on Monday Billions of dollars in U.S. military aid was provided to Ukraine, aid promised by former President Biden. As Ukraine defends itself, it will affect the delivery of ammunition and other important supplies Russia’s ongoing three-year full-scale invasion This puts President Vladimir Putin’s troops in about 20% of eastern Ukraine.

Aid suspension is on Friday Controversial Oval Office Meeting As President Trump and Vice President Judd Vance degrade Ukrainian President Vodimir Zelenskyaccusing him of failing to express enough gratitude and disrespect for the US presidency.

“The president is clear that he is focused on peace,” a White House official told CBS News on Monday. “We also need partners to be committed to that goal. We are suspending and reviewing our aid to ensure it contributes to the solution.”

This reaction from Mr. Trump is a nightmare for Ukraine, which may have real consequences not only for Zelenskyy’s troops on the ground, but also for Europe as a whole. It was the dramatic tricky of Mr. Trump’s campaign to put pressure on Zelenskyy to reach a peace deal with Putin, but according to Ukraine, Ukraine so far, believes it is untenable and has not proposed a U.S. guarantee to protect Ukraine’s larger, larger authoritarian neighbors to protect Ukraine from future attacks.

The announcement immediately caused trouble in Ukraine, but Moscow was soon welcomed, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying it was a “decision that could actually push the Kiev regime into a peace process”.

“It’s obvious that the United States has been the main supplier of this war so far,” Peskov said. “If the United States stops or suspends these supplies, it may be right.” [achieving] Peace. ”

“Ukraine will still fight”, but need help

In Ukraine, Mr. Trump’s actions have created shock waves in the war-breaking countries.

When asked whether Ukraine, without the support of the United States and Mr. Trump, Zelenskyy’s top adviser, had a chance to exclude Russian invasion, but did not give up Ukraine’s determination to defend its sovereignty.

“I’m sure Ukraine will still fight. But I’ll ask you a question.” [the U.S.] Can we keep the sidelines when we need to stop Russian aggression? What does Russia want to do? It hopes to destroy the world built by the former U.S. government. ”

This is Trump’s world president never clearly shows that he is willing to defend. But Ukrainian soldiers injured on the battlefield told CBS News in a military trauma ward in Kiev.

Oleksiy, a grandfather and volunteer soldier in his fifties, was treated with shrapnel wounds on his legs and hips due to Russian shelling. A year ago, his arm was also hurt by war, but he went back to fight.

“Of course,” he said when asked whether he would continue to fight with Washington’s support. “For my granddaughter.”

Just as Ukrainian leaders consider what they are going to do next, they will have to turn increasingly to European partners, who have provided more than 50% of what they receive in military aid. European leaders have vowed to strengthen their support in recent days, and this is the outbreak of Russian attacks.

Russian troops stressed the importance of this support, launching nearly 100 blasts of drones overnight in Ukrainian cities in Sumi and Odessa.

A Ukrainian official told CBS News that the country would be military-for six months without further U.S. military aid, but that depends on the severity of the Russian attack.

Ukraine president Warned over the years, Even before Russia launched a full-scale invasion while insisting for months without intention to do so, and if Putin did not stop on his track, he would keep pushing Russia to get into trouble when the Soviet Union went bankrupt, and the views of Russian authoritarians regarding NATO and Europe as host families did not put Russia’s secrets in trouble.

“We heard his voice [Trump’s] Statement on the desire to bring peace to Ukraine. Peskov said Tuesday that this can only be welcomed. However, we will continue to pay attention to the development of the situation in reality. ”

Sohel Uddin and Emmet Lyons of CBS News contributed to the report.