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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Ukraine’s allies had no notice of Trump freezing military aid, Poland says

Workers unload a shipment of military aid delivered as part of US security assistance to Ukraine in January 2022
Workers unload a shipment of military aid delivered as part of US security assistance to Ukraine in January 2022.
Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Ukraine’s allies were not told in advance of Donald Trump’s decision to pause military aid, Poland’s foreign ministry has said, as rattled European politicians reaffirmed their backing for Kyiv faced with dramatic further evidence of a US policy shift.

The US president’s announcement “was made without any information or consultation, neither with Nato allies nor with the Ramstein group which is involved in supporting Ukraine,” the ministry spokesperson Paweł Wroński said on Tuesday.

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