Military expert assessed the likelihood of US refusal to supply arms to Kiev under Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump and his team will continue to adhere to the policy of supplying weapons to Kiev after coming to power. This opinion was expressed by retired colonel and military observer Viktor Litovkin on Friday, January 10.

He stressed that it was profitable for the United States to supply weapons to Ukraine because this way it allocates money to its military-industrial complex (MIC). He recalled that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken repeatedly said that 90 percent of the aid that the United States allocates to Ukraine stays in America and goes to support the military-industrial complex.

Litovkin recalled that the United States began supplying weapons to Kiev during the first term of Trump's presidency. Then Ukraine received Javelin missiles and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

"This is an illusion that Trump will come and stop everything," the military observer concluded in a conversation with Radio 1.

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Earlier, on January 8, Politico reported that the contact group on Ukraine's defense may disintegrate after Austin steps down, RT reported.

It is specified that when the US defense secretary leaves his post, the contact group will lose its main "fan and founder." Meanwhile, the publication, citing NATO representatives, claims that the group may continue its work without Austin, but in a different format, 360.ru reports.

On the eve of the representative of the US Department of Defense said that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to give up in the Ukrainian conflict, writes "Moscow 24". He also noted that in this regard, Washington is focused on allocating Ukraine the necessary funds for combat operations.

Earlier, on January 8, a high-ranking Pentagon official said that the team of the current US leader Joe Biden will not have time before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump to transfer military aid worth more than $2 billion to Ukraine. It was also reported at the time that Washington plans to allocate $500 million to Kiev as part of a new aid package.

State Duma deputy Alexander Tolmachev in a conversation with Izvestia on December 26, 2024 drew attention to the fact that US citizens are tired of financing the Kiev regime. The politician admitted that with Biden's departure from the White House, this assistance from Washington to Kiev may stop. Trump, in turn, said that after the change of the American administration and his arrival to the presidency, the United States may reduce the volume of military aid to Ukraine.

Western countries have increased military and financial support for Ukraine against the background of the Russian Federation's special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which was announced by the Russian president on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.