Trump Says Deal Struck With NATO To Fund Weapons For Ukraine | World News

US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Thursday that the military alliance will carry the full cost of weapons sent to Ukraine, a new agreement with NATO, he said.

“We are sending weapons to NATO and NATO pays 100 percent for these weapons.” He said.

“So what we do, the weapons that go out go to NATO and then NATO will give these weapons [to Ukraine]And NATO pays for these weapons, “he added, as quoted by Tepe.

Trump said the agreement was reached during the NATO Summit in The Hague in June. “We are sending weapons to NATO and NATO will pay back the full cost of these weapons,” NBC said to NBC’s “Press Meet” moderator Kristen Welker. He said.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who also served as Trump’s National Security Advisor, said that the United States organized discussions on sending Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine, including many European countries, including Spain and Germany.

After meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, he told reporters to journalists in Malaysia, “Well, the Spaniards have them. They are really away from Ukraine and they have one.

“There are other Patriot batteries and there are other opportunities.”

Rubio also said, “The countries that order patriotic batteries that are about to receive the shipment would have been great if one of them was volunteer to postpone this shipment and instead send it to Ukraine,” Rubio said.

Trump also intensified his criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that the two leaders “did not make progress” about the potential ceasefire in Ukraine. The authority added that Putin did not believe that Russia wanted to stop the war that began with the occupation of Ukraine in 2022.

The Trump administration continued to deliver defense weapons to Ukraine on Monday after a short pause ordered by the Ministry of Defense due to concerns about the depletion of US stocks.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed that he was talking to Trump on Thursday and called on alliance members to increase military aid to Ukraine.

Rutte, “Russia’s ongoing major attacks against Ukrainian civilians will pity.

“I just talked to President Trump, and now I worked closely with the allies to get the help they needed.”