Ukraine Says Its Forces Can Keep Fighting Despite US Aid Pause

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the country’s forces retain capabilities and tools to sustain their frontline forces amid the new U.S. aid pause.
Ukraine Says Its Forces Can Keep Fighting Despite US Aid Pause
A soldier of 13th Khartiia Brigade in a trench during a snowstorm in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 6, 2024. Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images
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The Ukrainian government is conveying optimism that its forces will be able to hold out after President Donald Trump halted aid deliveries to the embattled country.

At a March 4 press conference, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Ukrainian forces have continued to fight, despite shortages of supplies for one reason or another throughout the past three years of conflict, and could do so again.