#US no longer gives arms to Ukraine, supplies weapons at Europe’s expense — Rubio
The US Secretary of State specified that European countries are using #NATO to buy the weapons and transfer them to #Ukraine.

The United States is no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine directly, selling them instead while receiving payments from European countries via NATO, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

"We're no longer giving Ukraine weapons. We're no longer giving Ukraine money. We are now selling them weapons, and European countries are paying for it through NATO. They are using NATO to buy the weapons and transfer them to Ukraine," he noted in an interview with Fox News following US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Zelensky and European leaders.

Trump held a meeting with Zelensky and several European leaders on resolving the Ukraine conflict in the White House on Monday. The talks involved Finnish President Alexander Stubb, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

The White House hosted such a large number of top leaders simultaneously for the first time in history. This unprecedented lineup of participants, which underscores the importance of the issue under discussion, was also noted by the US president.

In addition, Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the meeting. According to the US leader, they discussed, among other things, the prospects for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, followed by trilateral talks. Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said that the leaders of Russia and the United States spoke in favor of continuing direct talks between Moscow and Kiev, including the possibility of elevating their level.

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