{"id":457,"date":"2025-03-04T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=457"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:05:45","slug":"everything-ukraine-is-losing-after-donald-trump-pauses-military-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/everything-ukraine-is-losing-after-donald-trump-pauses-military-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Ukraine is losing after Donald Trump pauses military aid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukraine is still coming to terms with the ramifications of a US decision to\u00a0pause military aid\u00a0that is critical to their fight against\u00a0Russia\u2019s invasion, (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Good news <\/a>for Vladimir Putin<\/a> \u2013 Donald Trump<\/a> is on track to do his job for him after cutting off US<\/a> military aid to Ukraine as \u2018punishment\u2019.<\/p>\n

A White House<\/a> official announced a \u2018pause and review\u2019 of US assistance to Ukraine after the disastrous Oval Office meeting between the US president and Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n

This will hit Ukraine\u2019s first line of defence against Russia\u2019s ballistic missiles leaving millions of people exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ivan Stupak, a military expert and ex-SBU officer, described the US cuts as \u2018sanctions\u2019 on Ukraine\u2019s ability to defend its civilian population.<\/p>\n

\u2018I do not want to take the role of Nostradamus<\/a>, but if the tension between the US and Ukraine continues, Russia will launch massive attacks using ballistic missiles such as Kinjals and Iskander on cities in Ukraine, which will result in a lot of casualties,\u2019 he told Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cutting off military supply will have a great impact on defending civilians.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Firefighters continue to extinguish the fire on the fifth floor of a residential building following a Russian Shahed drone attack on Kharkiv (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is everything we know about the US aid cuts \u2013 and what it means for the war, now in its fourth year, as Ukraine grapples with the consequences.<\/p>\n

How will Ukraine\u2019s defence be impacted?<\/h2>\n

Stupak estimated that 55% of weapons used in the war are produced in Ukraine. The rest is divided between Europe (25%) and the US (20%).<\/p>\n

While Ukrainian forces could hold the situation together on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops, the repercussions of cuts will fall on civilians.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s ability to protect its people and civilian infrastructure has heavily relied on sophisticated US air defence system Patriot.<\/p>\n

Prime minister Denys Shmyhal, who was the first official to comment after Trump\u00a0stunned Ukrainians by pausing the supply of aid, said\u00a0there was a risk for the repair, maintenance, and general supplies for defences.<\/p>\n

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He described them as the only system capable of repelling the waves of Russian ballistic missile strikes.<\/p>\n

Stupak stressed it is \u2018more about defence rather than offence\u2019 and said the government is currently trying to estimate the risk.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018Top of the board of what we are losing are missiles, Patriot anti-aircraft systems. <\/p>\n

\u2018They are incredibly important for Ukraine. Second place are munitions for multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), HIMARS.\u2019<\/p>\n

Spare parts for M1 Abrams, a third-generation American main battle tank, and equipment for F-16 fighter jets may also be impacted depending on how long the pause will last.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Joint Assault Brigade \u2018Lyut\u2019 of the Ukrainian National Police await orders at their artillery position on the Toretsk front line, Donbas (Picture: EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Will the US withhold intelligence too?<\/h2>\n

Just as vital is US intelligence assistance, which has allowed Ukraine to track Russian troop movements and select targets. <\/p>\n

Stupak argued that European allies could not make up for a withdrawal of that asset if it proves to be part of the pause because of the number of US satellites.<\/p>\n

\u2018Intelligence is not connected just to the battlefield,\u2019 Stupak explained. \u2018Yes, we learn about Russian positions, how many tanks do they have, or how many planes, etc. <\/p>\n

\u2018But we also learn about deployment of Russian troops, about the launch of cruise missiles, Shahed drones or anything else.<\/p>\n

\u2018Every time we hear the air raid alarm, we go on our phones and check what the threat is \u2013 that is from US intelligence. <\/p>\n

\u2018Is it an incoming ballistic missile? Is it drones? Do I need to find a shelter? Nobody knows what the US will do with this type of information.\u2019<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukraine is still coming to terms with the ramifications of a US decision to\u00a0pause military aid\u00a0that is critical to their fight against\u00a0Russia\u2019s invasion, (Picture: Reuters) Good news for Vladimir Putin \u2013 Donald Trump is on track to do his job for him after cutting off US military aid to Ukraine as \u2018punishment\u2019. A White House […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}