Reports hot: Trump suspends military aid to Ukraine after clashing with Zelensky

“We are stopping and considering our help, to make sure it contributes to the solution”, a White House official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The president has been clearly focused on peace. We need our partners to devote themselves to that goal”, the official said, according to the AFP.

Bloomberg and Fox News report that the pause will last until Trump determines that the country's leaders are committed to good faith. Radio Free Europe.

This isn't a permanent stop-up to help. This is a” pause, Fox News quoted a Trump administration official as saying.

Any US weapons ban on fighters on the front lines would rapidly weaken their capacities to defeat the Russian invasion.

The Democrats immediately condemned the sentence, calling it dangerous and illegal.

My Republican <x0). The war criminal Putin and have pledged their continued support for Ukraine, should join me and demand that President Trump give up this catastrophic and illegal freeze”, Democrat representative Gregory Meeks said.

The United States earlier put pressure on Zelensky to reconcile Washington's push for an agreement that would end the fighting in Ukraine, while European leaders demanded a stronger role in that goal.

Trump said his patience is towards the end and criticised Zelensky's resistance to the prospect of a quick ceasefire, without concrete security guarantees, which Kiev asks of the United States.

On March 3rd, Zelensky was quoted as saying that the end of the war is “very, far away from”.

Trump wrote on social networks that “this is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky” and that “America will not bear much longer”.

He added that Zelensky “does not want peace as long as there is America's support”.

This post on the Social Truth platform suggests that repairing ties to the White House was required by European leaders to do so on February 28th will be a difficult task after the crash in the Oval Office.

At that meeting, Trump and his deputy, JD Vance, strongly rebuked Zelensky in front of reporters.

Zelensky left the White House without signing the deal that would give the US access to the rare minerals and natural resources of Ukraine, as planned.

Since that day, American officials have called on Zelensky to apologize.

“What we need to hear from President Zelensky is that he feels regret over what happened, that he is willing to sign the mineral agreement and that he is ready to engage in peace talks”, White House National Security adviser Mike Waltz told Fox News on March 3rd.

Zelensky “should be more grateful because this country has stood by”, Trump later told reporters at the White House.

Asked if the mineral deal is dead, Trump said: “no, I don't think so”

Vance said in an interview aired on March 3rd that, despite the controversial meeting in the Oval Office, the door for Ukrainians remains open.

When they're willing to talk peace, I think President Trump will be the first person to get the phone”, Vance told Fox News.