Kremlin says weapons and ammunition deliveries to Ukraine from U.S. are continuing
The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. arms and ammunition deliveries to Ukraine have continued and are still continuing.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Kyiv was obviously in no hurry on the third round of peace talks, adding that Russia was ready for them and awaiting clarity on the timing from Ukraine.
“Now it seems that these supplies will be paid for by Europe, some will be paid for, some will not,” Peskov said.
“The fact remains that the supply of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment from the United States continued and continues to Ukraine.”
Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg began talks in Kyiv on Monday on security and sanctions against Russia after the U.S. president said he would send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine.
In a sharp departure from his earlier stance, Trump was also expected to announce a new plan to arm Ukraine with offensive weapons, American news website Axios cited two sources familiar with the matter as saying.
“We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington on Sunday.
“We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100% for that, and that’s the way we want it,” Trump said.
Trump did not say how many Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the European Union.
