US Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not rule out the possibility of redirecting weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East for use in the American and Israeli war with Iran.
Speaking in France on March 27, Rubio said the conflict in the Middle East had not yet affected the program designed to help Ukraine defend against invading Russian forces. He writes Bloomberg.
“This has not happened yet. Nothing has been presented yet. But it could happen,” Rubio told reporters after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers.
father Data Politico: The United States warned its allies that US arms supplies to Ukraine could be suspended in the coming months. The State Department told allies that munitions supplies, particularly interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, could be disrupted, according to three European officials familiar with the talks.
At the same time, one of the sources said, Washington stressed that it would not transfer weapons that allies were purchasing from the United States to Ukraine. Formerly The Washington Post booksThe Pentagon is considering redirecting weapons purchased through this program to replenish American stocks.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters that Kiev’s vital equipment, including interceptor missiles, “continues to arrive in Ukraine.” Reports euronews.
Since the start of the war with Iran, the United States has used up years of vital munitions reserves, the Financial Times wrote in mid-March, citing sources. Donald Trump said at the beginning of the war that the United States had an “almost unlimited supply” of “medium and high-quality” ammunition.
The United States and Israel went to war with Iran about a month ago, on February 28. Donald Trump assumed the war would last four to five weeks. Already on March 9, it was announced that the war was practically over. The Wall Street Journal wrote that at the end of March, the US President told his aides that he wanted to avoid a protracted war and end it by mid-May.