US military aid continued to flow as of evening of March 3, Prime Minister Shmyhal says
U.S. military aid continued to flow to Ukraine as of late last night, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on March 4 during his press conference in Kyiv.
The statement comes after several media outlets reported that U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a suspension of all military aid to Ukraine on March 4. The directive reportedly went into effect immediately, impacting over $1 billion in weapons and ammunition deliveries.
"According to the defense minister, the U.S. aid continues to flow. The aid that was distributed in packages under the previous administration was coming to Ukraine, and as of last night, we have no information about the suspension," Shmyhal said.
"All the packages were coming. As of this morning, there was no information about changes from the defense minister. If there was, I would have informed you," he said.
In the meantime, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that American military aid had indeed been suspended, according to Polish border reports. The Polish official called the situation "an emergency."
The aid suspension followed the Feb. 28 meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and Trump, which ended in a heated argument about American aid to Ukraine, and canceling of the planned signing of the U.S.-Ukraine mineral agreement.
The U.S. has provided assistance worth $119.8 billion since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, including $67.1 billion in military aid, $49 billion in financial aid, and $3.6 billion in humanitarian aid, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Timothy Ash
