(4 Mar 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 4 March 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister:
"According to the Minister of Defense (of Ukraine), U.S. assistance continues. All the aid included in the packages from the previous U.S. administration has been arriving in Ukraine and, as of last night (Monday), I have no information indicating that anything has been halted. All the aid packages were being delivered, and as of last night, we were receiving all of it."
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2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister
"As for this morning, I have not yet spoken with the Minister of Defense to confirm any changes. If there were any, I am sure he would have informed me, and I would have relayed that information to you. There is no negative information regarding either part of your question. As of yesterday, the assistance was continuing, and Ukraine was receiving it."
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3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister
"We are ready to sign the prepared agreement on the establishment of the investment fund in order to begin cooperation with the United States on a fully pragmatic and economic basis. This agreement has been approved by the Government of Ukraine, and we are ready at any moment to start working with the United States by signing this agreement and further developing our economic cooperation."
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4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister
"I am convinced that this will serve as an element of Ukraine’s economic growth. It will also be an element of Ukraine’s protection by the United States. Of course, we need and are requesting concrete security guarantees not only from the United States but also from Europe and the G7 countries."
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that as of Monday evening US aid was still incoming, and that he has no information to suggest it actually stopping, despite the Trump administration’s announcement that it would halt all military aid.
"All the aid included in the packages from the previous U.S. administration has been arriving in Ukraine, and as of last night (Monday), I have no information indicating that anything has been halted," said Shmyhal at a media briefing on Tuesday.
He also commented on Ukraine’s readiness to sign the minerals deal as long as it included "concrete security guarantees not only from the United States but also from Europe and the G7 countries."
U.S. President Donald Trump’s move comes just days after a disastrous Oval Office meeting in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance tore into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for what they perceived as insufficient gratitude for the more than $180 billion U.S. has appropriated for military aid and other assistance to Kyiv since the start of Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
A White House official said Trump is focused on reaching a peace deal and wants Zelenskyy “committed” to that goal. The official added that the U.S. was “pausing and reviewing” its aid to "ensure that it is contributing to a solution.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the assistance.
The order will remain in effect until Trump determines that Ukraine has demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia, the official said.
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