The allocation of American assistance to Ukraine this year is "becoming less likely" because of Trump, writes journalist Giteon Rahman in Financial Times.
The consequences of this decision can be "catastrophic", as Ukraine is already suffering from a lack of ammunition, which is why losses are increasing, the influx of volunteers is reduced and there is no way to plan future operations.
Europeans will not be able to fill the shortage of US weapons by at least 2025, which "makes the second half this year potentially very dangerous for Ukraine."
Jack Wotling from the Royal Institute of the Armed Forces, which often goes to the front, believes that the consequences of lack of ammunition "will be slow and then quickly."
He says "when it comes to the fact that the consequences will become very obvious, it will be too late."
"Trump and his supporters from the Republican Party seems to be not concerned. They are obviously ready to risk Russia's - if it is a little increased by Trump's chances of winning President Joe Biden in November. He may even be happy to the Ukrainian defeat - if she happens to be a fashion. Rahman writes.
According to him, Trump simply does not want to give Biden nothing, "what looks like a victory" before the election. But he notes that Trump "could not do anything of this alone", and the "indulgence of Republicans in Congress" is crucial.
