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As the pieces fall into place over the new administration's first 30 days, Trump is prioritizing established bilateral defense alliances. And while some Southeast Asian allies can reap the benefits, the region continues to hold its breath over the uncertainty of U.S. foreign aid."
Lauren Mai, a program coordinator and research assistant for the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote in February
A lot will depend on what’s covered by the American suspension,
said Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director-general of defense think-tank RUSI
I think they will survive for quite some time,
he saidEurope has really raised its production capacity and Ukraine too is in a less bad position,
said Peria-Peigne
It is very important for us to continue to receive satellite intelligence from the United States,
said analyst FesenkoEurope has some real shortcomings in this area,
said Yohann Michel, a researcher at the French university Lyon-3Taking into account the weapons that have already come to Ukraine, and what we have, and what we actually produce ourselves, we can withstand at least six months without the nature of the war changing significantly,
political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko told AFPPatriot is very important to protect our cities, not troops,
said researcher Mykhailo Samus, director of the New Geopolitics Research Network, a think tank in KyivThe SAMP/T are very good but not very mobile, and they are not produced in sufficient numbers,
he saidIt will, of course, be much more difficult,
said Fedir Venislavsky, a Ukrainian MP and member of the Verkhovna Rada defence committee
They got a lot of kit in before the inauguration,
said a senior western official,
By freezing military aid to Ukraine, President Trump has kicked the door wide open for Putin to escalate his violent aggression against innocent Ukrainians
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a top democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said
We remain absolutely committed to securing a lasting peace in Ukraine and are engaging with key allies in support of this effort
A spokesperson for the British government saidThe president has been clear that he is focused on peace
A White House official said on MondayThis is worse than Munich, because at least there they didn't try to paint Czechoslovakia as the aggressor, but here they try to accuse the victim of aggression - it is extremely dangerous.
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That is, they will probably somehow try to compensate for the decreasing volumes of ammunition and everything else,
Peskov said
Well, we'll see. There is a lot of scattered information now. Mostly it comes with references to sources. And of course, we need to see how the situation on the ground develops. But the fact that the United States has been the main supplier of this war so far is obvious,
Peskov saidIf this [the suspension of US military aid – ed.] is true, then this is a decision that can actually encourage the Kyiv regime to engage in a peace process,
Putin's spokesman concluded