“I will is this fixed before taking the White House as president-elect,” said Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in the US elections.
Ukraine’s Western allies push for long-term aid for kyiv amid fears that Trump’s potential re-election could reduce American support. The Biden administration last week Extension of long-term security guarantees to Ukraine. This followed Congress’ approval in April of more than 60 billion dollars in aid in Ukraine.
And NATO countries last week advanced a plan under which the alliance would take over from the United States in coordinate military aid in Ukraine, a move widely seen as an effort to “Trump-proof” the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group.
US Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Saturday a $1.5 billion aid program for Ukraine, focusing mainly on the energy sector and humanitarian aid. Harris unveiled the package during a two-day conference in Ukraine peace summit in Swiss.
Natalie Allison and Stuart Lau contributed reporting.
