As we read on politico.com, the outgoing administration predicted the United States would stop sending weapons to Ukraine when Trump – who announced that Russia would end the war with Ukraine within 24 hours – took office as US president.
Will the US succeed in transferring weapons to Ukraine before Donald Trump's inauguration?
A problem with implementing this plan may be that it usually takes several months to transfer ammunition and equipment to Ukraine after the US announces another aid package. Therefore, it is likely that the aid, a decision on which will be taken in the coming weeks, will not reach Ukraine before January 20, 2025 and the next president will be able to stop the delivery.
Faster delivery of aid may not be possible because even if the administration wants to tap US military warehouses to obtain ammunition and equipment that is already there, the military – said Mark Cancian, a former Defense Department official – may not agree to that because that could happen. this will affect its combat readiness. Meanwhile, it takes time to produce new ammunition and equipment, or ammunition and equipment to replenish the army's depleted resources.
“We ship whatever the industry can produce every month, but the problem is that we can only ship what will be produced,” Cancian said.