Vance Calls Ending US Funding for Ukraine War ‘Key Achievement’

April 16 ------ US Vice President JD Vance said that ending US funding for Ukraine’s war effort was a “key achievement” of the current administration. Speaking at a university event in the United States, Vance said Washington has shifted responsibility for military aid to European allies.

“We have told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine anymore,” Vance said. He added that the US is “out of that business,” describing the decision as “a very good thing.” Vance also recalled an encounter during his Senate campaign with a Ukrainian American voter in Cleveland, Ohio, who urged him to support Ukraine. According to Vance, the individual told him, “You need to support my country.” “I said, ‘Sir, with all due respect, if you’re an American, your country is the United States of America, not a place that you immigrated from,’” Vance said.

US policy toward Ukraine shifted after Donald Trump returned to office, with his administration moving to scale back military and financial assistance to Kyiv. Washington halted new aid packages and signaled it would no longer play a leading role in supplying weapons to Ukraine, urging European allies to take on greater responsibility for supporting Kyiv.

The change marked a significant departure from previous US policy under Joe Biden, whose administration had provided tens of billions of dollars in military, financial, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Source: kyivpost.com