FT has learned of Trump's plans to continue aid to Ukraine

US President-elect Donald Trump intends to continue arming Ukraine. This was reported by the Financial Times on Friday, December 20, citing sources.

The material notes that the Republican seeks to toughen its policy towards Europe and the situation in Ukraine.

"Donald Trump's team has informed European officials that the new US President will require NATO member states to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, but plans to continue providing military aid to Ukraine," the article says.

FT specifies that despite the change in views, Trump still considers Ukraine's accession to NATO unacceptable, and still wants a ceasefire.

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Earlier, on December 18, The New York Times wrote that after Trump's election victory, some members of the Republican Party changed their opinion on the supply of weapons by the United States to Ukraine. It was specified that there was a noticeable decrease in enthusiasm among the Republicans regarding the financing of arms supplies to Kiev.

On 13 December, it became known that the USA planned to transfer more military aid to Ukraine before the end of the presidential term of incumbent head of state Joe Biden. According to the source, it is planned to deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery shells, thousands of missiles, hundreds of armored vehicles and other types of weapons to Ukraine by mid-January.

Before that, on December 4, it became known that the Trump team has three plans to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. One of them is the plan of President-elect Keith Kellogg's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, the second proposal came from Vice President-elect JD Vance, and the third was put forward by Richard Grenell, Trump's former acting intelligence chief.

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine amid Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.