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Will Europe Pay the US for Military Aid to Ukraine?

From Al Jazeera · () English

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  • The United States has provided Ukraine with billions of dollars in military assistance since Russia's full-scale invasion, much of it during Joe Biden's presidency.
  • Donald Trump says Europe should have paid for the aid and that Washington will seek to recover the money.
  • An Al Jazeera discussion examines whether the United States and Europe can agree on funding and continue supporting Kyiv while the war continues.

Donald Trump says the United States should not have provided Ukraine with billions of dollars in weapons and ammunition for free. Much of that military assistance arrived during Joe Biden's administration, after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Trump now argues that Europe should have covered the cost. He says the United States will ask for the money back, adding a new dispute to the already difficult debate over how Washington and its European allies should fund Ukraine's defence.

With no end to the fighting in sight, the central question is whether the two sides can find common ground and maintain support for Kyiv. Al Jazeera's discussion is presented by Scott McLean and features Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute; Marina Miron, a defence studies researcher at King's College London; and Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow and director of European Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Originally published by Al Jazeera in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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