Meeting with US President Donald Trump will have the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte this week with the US leader announce plans for advanced weapons NATO allies for their possible transfer to Ukraine.
Ruth will be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday for negotiations with Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Secretary of Defense Pete Highshez and Congress members.
“I will have a meeting with the secretary who will appear tomorrow,” Trump said to reporters in Washington on Sunday evening. “But basically we will send them various fragments of very sophisticated (weapons) and pay us 100% for them.”
Trump last week said that he would make an “important statement” for Russia on Monday, while Ukraine is struggling Repulse mass air attacks that the Russian forces have disappeared.
On Sunday, Trump refused to give more detailed information about the announcement, saying: “Let’s see what we will see tomorrow.”
The close ally of Trump, the Senator, Republican Lindsay Graham, said on Sunday that the war in Ukraine was approaching a decisive turning point, since Trump notes an updated interest in helping Kyiv to reflect it.
“In the coming days, you will see how the weapon flows at a record level to help Ukraine protect itself,” Graham said. “One of the biggest incorrect calculations made (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is to play with Trump. And just notice, in the coming days and weeks there will be great efforts to bring Putin to the table. ”
On Friday, Rubio said that some of the American weapons required by Ukraine were developed with NATO allies in Europe. This weapon can be delivered faster to Ukraine when European countries buy replacements in the United States, according to him.
Trump is also faced with appeals on both sides of the political spectrum of the United States, as well as allies in Europe in support of legislation aimed at amputation of the Russian oil industry, and hit Moscow more sanctions.
The legislation will partially require the introduction of 500% of duties on goods imported from countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas, heavenly and other exports. This will have a massive influence on the economy of Brazil, China and India, which represent most of the Russian energy trade.
This revenue is vital for maintaining Putin’s military machine, since the United States and Europe imposed significant prohibitions on imports and export to a wide range of goods to Russia and vice versa.
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