U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has approved sending additional weapons to Ukraine and is considering new sanctions on Russia, reported Xinhua.
"We're sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I've approved that," Trump said during a cabinet meeting at the White House.
Trump also expressed dissatisfaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I'm not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now," Trump said, noting that Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are dying in the thousands.
Trump said he is considering whether to support a bipartisan Senate bill that will impose sweeping sanctions on Russia.
Meanwhile, members of U.S. President Donald Trump's national security team plan to discuss details of shipping weapons to Ukraine on Tuesday, after Trump said the United States would send more weapons to the country, according to media reports.
"We're going to send some more weapons. We have to," Trump said Monday ahead of a dinner with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a statement Monday night, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the U.S. Department of Defense will provide further defensive military assistance to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday in a post on social media that he had discussed Ukraine's air defense capabilities in a phone conversation with Trump. They agreed that they would work together to strengthen protecting the skies of Ukraine, he said.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
