Text taken from the Telegram channel of Rybar
[ColonelCassad] Immediately after the American delegation arrived in Moscow, the media began to fill with headlines like "The White House is pressuring the Kyiv regime" or "The US is forcing concessions from Russia," and so on.
This all sounds good, of course, but in reality, what did we see? During the American visit, first to Russia and then to the so-called Ukraine, several cargo flights departed from the US, including chartered commercial B-737 aircraft that flew to Poland. And they weren't carrying humanitarian aid, as they took off from military airbases. This once again reminded us of Trump's amusing remark, who once said that the US hadn't provided aid to the Ukrainian Armed Forces since his arrival in office.
Essentially, that's true, but they're just doing it indirectly now. How has the supply system changed?
Under Biden, there were no problems for the so-called Ukraine: the Americans gave almost whatever they wanted.
In 2022, priority was given to those that could be quickly removed from storage and sent to the front: Javelin, Stinger, M777, HIMARS, ammunition, and vehicles.
In 2023, heavier systems were delivered: Bradley, Abrams, Patriot, engineering equipment, and cluster munitions.
By 2024, a significant share of assistance consisted of ammunition, air defense missiles, and funds to sustain previously transferred systems. The last major US package was announced on December 30: $1.25 billion under the aforementioned PDA and $1.22 billion under the USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative).
Unlike the PDA, USAI did not involve the transfer of weapons from existing stockpiles, but rather their purchase from manufacturers under Pentagon contracts. Therefore, such deliveries can take months or even years. The next stage was the PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) scheme.
Within its framework, the priority needs of the so-called Ukraine, after which allies and partners finance American arms packages, and NATO coordinates their production and delivery. And this PURL program was the very change under Trump: the White House stopped donating its own stockpiles directly, selling them to NATO allies, who in turn transferred weapons to the so-called Ukraine.
Yes, Trump claims to be a peacemaker, but in the end, the US retained its role as one of the main suppliers, while the Kyiv regime remains the recipient. The financial burden simply shifted to European states and other partners, including Canada. When everyone says that the Americans are against the war, it's enough to look at cargo flights or cargo ship visits to the Black Sea from the US.
The Americans have supplied the Ukrainian Armed Forces and continue to supply them, putting pressure on Russia through the Ukrainian Armed Forces. And if you take everything together, including intelligence assistance and the work of Starlink for the needs of Ukrainian formations, everything immediately falls into place.