USA suspende el envío de armas a Ucrania

[verdinegro]

U.S. Hitting Brakes on Flow of Arms to Ukraine
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-s ... e-980a71d1

Military financing has been stopped, and officials are meeting to consider suspending another type of assistance

The Trump administration has stopped financing new weapons sales to Ukraine and is considering freezing weapons shipments from U.S. stockpiles, moves that threaten Kyiv’s ability to fight at a critical time in its battle against Russian forces, current and former U.S. officials said.

The financing was halted in recent weeks amid the administration’s freeze on foreign aid. But the move to potentially shut down the main pipeline for arms transfers to Ukraine comes days after a contentious meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. The tense exchange Friday raised fears across Europe that the U.S. could be moving away from the wider Western alliance.

Trump on Monday also lashed out publicly at Zelensky for saying the war with Russia was likely to continue for some time. “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, using a different spelling of the Ukrainian leader’s name.

The Trump administration in late January ordered a stop to all foreign aid, including military aid, except to Israel and Egypt, without a waiver. On Friday, the administration said it was sending Israel nearly $3 billion in new weapons, including more than 35,000 new 2,000 pound bombs, invoking an emergency rule under U.S. arms control laws.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio in recent weeks signed a waiver to exempt Ukraine from the ban Trump imposed on foreign assistance, but senior State Department official Peter Marocco hasn’t sent a required letter to the Pentagon to allow the aid to flow to Kyiv, current officials said.

Withholding the letter has resulted in a de facto halt to new weapons deals for Ukraine using the U.S. Foreign Military Financing system, which is managed by the State Department and pays for weapons for some countries, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the situation.

Ukraine is able to get weapons from the U.S. through several means, including Foreign Military Financing, which provides loans and grants for nations to buy weapons from U.S. defense companies, and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the Pentagon to buy weapons for Kyiv but is currently out of funds. However, presidential drawdown authority, which allows the Defense Department to pull directly from its own stockpiles, has been the most significant tool for arming Ukraine.

On Monday, the White House is holding a meeting to consider suspending shipments using the drawdown authority, a congressional aide and a second person familiar with the matter said.

The shutdown of financing new weapons sales began before Friday’s acrimonious meeting, during which Ukraine and the U.S. were supposed to sign a framework agreement for a mineral-rights deal, but instead canceled the ceremony and a scheduled press conference. But the meeting to consider suspending ongoing weapons shipments to Ukraine drawn from U.S. military inventories emerged after the Friday blowup at the White House.
The State Department declined to comment.

Without new U.S. military aid, Ukraine likely has enough weapons to keep fighting Russia at its current pace until the middle of this year, current and former Western officials say. That is the result in part of a surge of new weapons approved by the Biden administration in its final days.
Over the weekend, European leaders held a summit in London and agreed to form a coalition to forge a Ukraine peace plan to present to Trump that would include ground troops and military assets.

European allies and Ukraine’s own growing defense industry can make up for some of the potential shortfall, but an end to U.S. aid would cut Ukraine’s access to advanced weapons systems that are important to its broader strategy of countering Russia’s full-scale assault on its territory.

If the U.S. shutdown persists, Ukraine would lose its supply of some sophisticated weapons, including advanced air-defense systems, surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, navigation systems and long-range rocket artillery. The U.S. is the sole producer of some systems, including Army Tactical Missile Systems or ATACMs, and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or Himars, which give the Ukrainians the ability to strike far behind Russian lines.

Once those U.S. supplies run out, Ukraine’s ability to conduct longer-range strikes, and to protect its own rear positions, would suffer, officials and analysts say.

“Europe can step in to meet a fair amount of Ukraine’s need for artillery ammunition when combined with munitions already shipped by the U.S. early this year,” said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who frequently visits Ukrainian front-line units. “The challenges will be more visible as we get into summer.”

Over time, Ukraine could find it harder to make longer term plans for its military arsenal or to buy parts for its existing systems. Ukraine currently builds or finances about 55% of its military hardware. The U.S. supplies around 20%, while Europe supplies 25%.

The Trump administration has sent some of the weapons promised by the Biden administration, the Pentagon said, including “hundreds of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) and anti-tank weapons and thousands of artillery rounds that Ukraine is employing on the battlefield when they are available from our stocks.”

The last major new arms package for Ukraine was on Dec. 30, during the Biden administration, and included some advanced weapons like munitions for air-defense systems, Stinger missiles and other weapons. The package was worth $1.22 billion. No new weapons transfers have been announced since.
There are over $3 billion in funds to draw from existing stockpiles that have been authorized by Congress but not allocated by the administration, the congressional aide said.

[verdinegro]

[verdinegro]

White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say
https://www.reuters.com/world/white-hou ... 025-03-03/

March 3 (Reuters) - The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The White House has asked the State and Treasury departments to draft a list of sanctions that could be eased for U.S. officials to discuss with Russian representatives in the coming days as part of the administration's broad talks with Moscow on improving diplomatic and economic relations, the sources said.

The sanctions offices are now drawing up a proposal for lifting sanctions on select entities and individuals, including some Russian oligarchs, according to the sources.

So-called options papers are often drafted by officials working on sanctions, but the White House's specific request for one in recent days underscores Trump and his advisers' willingness to ease Russian sanctions as part of a potential deal with Moscow.

It was not immediately clear what Washington could specifically seek in return for any sanctions relief.

Russia is one of the world's biggest oil producers and if U.S. sanctions on its energy system were eased, it could help prevent fuel prices from rising if Trump cracks down on oil exports from OPEC-member Iran.

The White House, the State Department, the Treasury Department and the Russian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Kremlin last year described relations as "below zero" under the administration of Joe Biden, a Democrat who backed Ukraine with aid and weapons and imposed tough sanctions on Russia to punish it for its invasion in 2022.

But Trump, who has promised a quick end to the war, has upended U.S. policy swiftly to open talks with Moscow, beginning with a phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 12 that was followed by meetings between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

U.S. sanctions on Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine have included measures aimed at limiting revenues from the country's huge oil and gas industry and weakening its ability to fund the war.

Western governments led by Washington imposed a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russia's oil exports. Biden also hit Moscow with designations on Russian energy companies and vessels that shipped its oil, including Washington's toughest-yet measures on Jan. 10 shortly before leaving office.
Trump in January threatened to ramp up sanctions on Russia if Putin was unwilling to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. But more recently, Trump administration officials have openly acknowledged the possibility of easing sanctions on Moscow.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Feb. 20 interview with Bloomberg Television that Russia could win economic relief, depending on how it approached negotiations in the coming weeks. Trump told reporters on Feb. 26 that Russian sanctions could be eased "at some point."

ECONOMIC COOPERATION

The White House asked State and Treasury officials to devise a possible sanctions relief plan before Trump last week extended a state of emergency over the situation in Ukraine, the U.S. sources said.

The state of emergency sanctions certain assets and people involved in Russia's war. Those measures, imposed by then-President Barack Obama's administration, have been in place since March 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea.

It is unclear which Russian sanctions the Trump administration would consider lifting first.

Trump could issue an executive order that would allow the administration to begin the process of easing some Russian sanctions, but he would also need to seek congressional approval to lift measures on certain entities, said John Smith, a partner at Morrison Foerster law firm and the former head of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Since 2022, Russia has been able to build a wartime economy with increased military spending and industrial production. But experts say the country's economy is vulnerable and in desperate need of Western sanctions relief.

Russia says it is open for economic cooperation. The Kremlin said last week that Russia had lots of rare earth metal deposits and was open to doing deals to develop them after Putin held out the possibility of such collaboration with the U.S.

Any formal economic deal with Moscow would likely require the U.S. to ease sanctions.

Trump has been seeking a minerals deal with Ukraine - home to a trove of lithium deposits and rare earth minerals - as pay back for billions of dollars in U.S. aid. However, no deal was signed after an explosive Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday.

[antizoocialista]

rusia que ha sido el enemigo historico de estados unidos y trump aliandose con ellos! verguenza!

[verdinegro]

rusia que ha sido el enemigo historico de estados unidos y trump aliandose con ellos! verguenza!

Falso. Fueron aliados durante ambas guerras.

[antizoocialista]

rusia que ha sido el enemigo historico de estados unidos y trump aliandose con ellos! verguenza!

Falso. Fueron aliados durante ambas guerras.

cuales ambas guerras, solo por que el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo, pero la guerra fria fue mas larga que esas guerras a las que te refieres

[verdinegro]

[verdinegro]

rusia que ha sido el enemigo historico de estados unidos y trump aliandose con ellos! verguenza!

Falso. Fueron aliados durante ambas guerras.

cuales ambas guerras, solo por que el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo, pero la guerra fria fue mas larga que esas guerras a las que te refieres

La Guerra Fría fue entre la OTAN y el Pacto de Varsovia. Confurndes Rusia con Unión Soviética y Pacto de Varsovia.

[verdinegro]

Trump tampoco va a ir a la guerra por unos chinos. Lo único que le importa de Taiwán son los chips que produce TSMC.

[antizoocialista]

Falso. Fueron aliados durante ambas guerras.

cuales ambas guerras, solo por que el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo, pero la guerra fria fue mas larga que esas guerras a las que te refieres

La Guerra Fría fue entre la OTAN y el Pacto de Varsovia. Confurndes Rusia con Unión Soviética y Pacto de Varsovia.

Y Putin que es??? Ex- KGB, es Rusia tomada por mafiosos

[Dol Guldur]

USA tambien fue enemigo de Inglaterra, de España, de Alemania, de Japon, etc. y ahora todos son sus mas estrechos aliados.

Con Rusia nunca tuvo un enfrentamiento directo con grandes guerras de por medio como con los paises anteriormente mencionados.

¿Porque ahora no ser aliados de Rusia ? ☺

Saludos !!

[Aleph]

Ya se puede decir oficialmente que EEUU ha pasado al bando ruso.

Los trumpistas deben estar de celebración junto a los chavistas...UH-AH!!

[Aleph]

[verdinegro]

Se vienen grandes noticias hoy.

[verdinegro]

Ucrania ya no tiene forma de ganar esta guerra.

[verdinegro]

[verdinegro]

El Parlamento ucraniano ahora apoya los esfuerzos de paz de Donald J. Trump. A Zelensky le queda poco.

[Gepete]

https://www.larazon.es/opinion/que-pasa ... a1a05.html

¿Qué pasa en Ucrania?
«Nadie quiere luchar por la democracia en el frente de batalla contra el ejército ruso»

Francisco Marhuenda
03.03.2025 21:03

Los aliados coinciden en que Estados Unidos es imprescindible, aunque atacar a Trump se ha convertido en un deporte europeo. Es cierto, también, que luego le hacen la pelota, hay que decirlo claramente, porque le necesitan. Es interesante constatar, dicho irónicamente, lo listos que somos los políticos, los intelectuales y los periodistas europeos y lo cortos que son los estadounidenses que le han elegido presidente. Estos días es divertido leer y escuchar lo que se dice sobre el inquilino de la Casa Blanca, ya que lo muestran como la encarnación de todos los males. Por supuesto, es un siervo de Putin que ha roto la línea de la política exterior estadounidense y los compromisos con la OTAN y la UE. En primer lugar, me gustará ver cómo evoluciona esta crisis, porque parece más teatro que una realidad. Tras el fracaso de Afganistán ahora estamos asumiendo el que se vive en Ucrania, ya que todos saben que es una guerra que no se puede ganar salvo que se asuma una peligrosa escalada bélica de consecuencias imprevisibles. Los aliados huimos de Afganistán e incumplimos los compromisos adquiridos. Ahora ya no nos importa el abandono de las mujeres y la imposición de un régimen totalitario.

Hay que asumir, desgraciadamente, que Europa es el paraíso de las grandes declaraciones. Otra cuestión distinta es ponerlas en práctica. ¿Quién está dispuesto a combatir en Ucrania? No creo que haya muchos voluntarios. Es bueno recordar que siempre hablan de desplegar tropas de paz cuando acabe el conflicto. Nadie quiere luchar por la democracia en el frente de batalla contra el ejército ruso. Las guerras producen muertos. Una cosa es cuando son ajenos y otra muy distinta cuando son propios. Me gustaría una victoria ucraniana y que se consolidara una democracia, pero no existe ninguna posibilidad. Es una guerra que ha concluido. Si Estados Unidos abandona la coalición, la UE debería asumir el enorme coste del suministro de armas. No creo que la sociedad europea esté preparada para un conflicto de larga duración que exigiría enormes esfuerzos y tendría un gran coste económico. Todo indica que la estrategia de Trump es acabar con la guerra, apartar a Zelenski e impedir que Rusia se quede con más territorio.


Francisco Marhuendaes catedrático de Derecho Público e Historia de las Instituciones (UNIE)

[verdinegro]

[Aleph]

No te gusta Trump, porque Trump se está preocupando por su país, y todas esas guerras e intervenciones no beneficiaban en nada a su país. En que beneficia a Estados Unidos desangrarse manteniendo estados-parasitos como Ucrania?

Empecemos por lo último:

Sabes que no me gusta?...lo ambiguo...lo ambivalente...la hipocresía de su Administración...

A lo mejor tú lo sabes, y lo puedes explicar:

En que beneficia a Estados Unidos desangrarse manteniendo estados-parasitos como Israel?

Por qué aplicar la ley del embudo solo con Ucrania?.

Si fuese coherente con su postura otro gallo cantaría...y al menos no sería tan despreciable.

PD:
Reciente...y el importe viene siendo algo así como chuchería...pero igual hay que agilizarlo...

Rubio firma orden para "agilizar" ayuda militar a Israel

"He firmado una disposición para utilizar facultades de emergencia con el fin de acelerar la entrega de aproximadamente 4.000 millones de dólares en asistencia militar a Israel", dijo el jefe de la diplomacia en un breve comunicado, al tiempo que señaló que se revirtió un embargo parcial de armas impuesto bajo el mandato del expresidente demócrata Joe Biden.

La declaración de emergencia emitida por el jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense permite al Departamento de Estado eludir la revisión de la venta por parte del Congreso.

Con este nuevo paquete, la venta de armas a Israel por parte de la nueva Administración de Trump asciende a los casi 12.000 millones de dólares.

La aceleración del suministro de armas se suma a la decisión de Trump del pasado 25 de enero de descongelar el envío al Estado hebrero de un cargamento de 1.800 bombas MK-84, de 900 kilos cada una, que había sido paralizado por su antecesor, Joe Biden.

https://www.dw.com/es/rubio-firma-orden ... a-71796446

Y así sucesivamente...desde hace años y años...

Entonces...cuando nos dejemos de hipocresías...hablamos.