Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
President Donald Trump paused all military aid to Ukraine on Monday in the wake of the clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
The Trump administration believes that Zelenskyy has not effectively sought an end to the conflict and has not recognized its limited bargaining position in ending the three-year war with Russia.
“President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace,” an unnamed White House official said in a statement about the hiatus, according to Reuters.
“We need our partners to be committed to that goal, as well,” the official added.
“We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”
Reports about a pause in foreign aid to Ukraine had circulated earlier on Monday.
The move to temporarily halt military aid came shortly after Trump blasted Zelenskyy for saying that peace with Russia is “very, very far away.
“An agreement to end the war is still …
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