US President Donald Trump is continuing to tighten the thumbscrews in his approach to war-battered Ukraine.

Following the public blowout in the White House between Trump, US Vice President JD Vance, and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier in March, Trump has now stopped all US military aid to Ukraine with immediate effect.

So far, there has been no official information on the scope or the duration of the suspension.

However, it is likely to involve weapons and ammunition deliveries amounting to more than $1 billion (€950m), which had been approved by the Biden administration but have not yet arrived in Ukraine.

Since the Russian invasion began in February 2022, the Biden administration has supported the Ukrainian military with war equipment worth more than $65 billion (around €63 billion).

The US has also trained Ukrainian soldiers such as fighter jet pilots, and has provided intelligence and surveillance data.

It also provided aid packages worth billions in the economic and humanitarian sectors.

According to the non-partisan US Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the US Congress

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