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Can you manage without America?"
Our weakness is in air-defense missiles – the Patriots,
said Yegor Firsov, the chief sergeant of a UAV strike platoon American support is critical for defending the sky, and financial assistance affects the economy and morale of society, which is also important for the frontline.”
Serhii Filimonov, commander of the 108th Separate Mechanized Battalion, or “Da Vinci Wolves,” which has been fighting outside the strategic town of Pokrovsk for nine months, said First, it is necessary to assess which specific programs will cease to function, considering that many were already in their final stages.”
An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, posted We will adapt, but the question is how many additional people, and how much more territory, we lose while we do,
By suspending all military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump has humiliated the people who pretended he was a reliable ally only in search of peace."
Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the U.K.'s Liberal Democrats party said Let's not forget that Ukraine has already experienced prolonged suspensions of U.S. military aid programs and has learned to adapt to such situations,
said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the chief of Zelensky's office, in a post to social media The main threat is now for civilian infrastructure,
As a result, this will lead to an increase in the number of casualties among civilians,
It is obvious that, until now, the U.S. has been the main supplier of this war,
What I can say for sure is that Ukraine will still fight. But I will ask you a question,
It's pretty significant, but not nearly as impactful as it would have been earlier in the war because Ukraine is far less dependent on direct U.S. military assistance now than it was previously,
said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment This is only a first step of disengagement, just as the re-engagement with Russia will come in several steps,
said Eurointelligence, a think-tank, in a research note Artillery has not lost its place on the field of battle, but we see that the war has changed and it is now based on drones. Artillery needs to be there, it changes the enemy’s intentions, but the base is drones,
said Roman Kostenko, secretary of Ukraine's parliamentary committee on national security, defence and intelligence If our European partners have the freedom to act, if they have the time, the desire, the money and the ability to help us, this will not be a disaster,
But it will definitely affect Ukraine, and the effect will become more pronounced after a couple of months as inventories become depleted,
he told Reuters on Monday, shortly before the aid cut was announced I know that at the moment we have some reserves, and I think that, with the current intensity of fighting they should last until about the middle of summer,
We remember that Germany is the leader in supplying air defense systems to Ukraine and plays a crucial role in ensuring our financial stability,
This aid was approved by Congress on a bipartisan basis – Republicans and Democrats alike recognized that standing with Ukraine is standing for democracy and against Putin’s aggression,
I think our relationship (with the US) will continue, because it’s more than an occasional relationship.”
Despite recent tensions with Trump, Zelenskyy on Sunday said