US military aid on pause: what’s next for Ukraine?

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Guests

  • Gustav Gressel, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Austrian National Defense Academy and an ECFR alumnus
  • Jana Kobzova, Visiting Fellow, ECFR
  • Leo Litra, Visiting Fellow, ECFR

Chaired by

Marie Dumoulin, Director Wider Europe Program, ECFR

With the contentious Oval Office meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, and the US announcing it would pause military aid to Ukraine, Kyiv faces mounting pressure. Neither Ukraine nor its European partners want the fighting to continue indefinitely – they want the ability to shape the terms of an eventual settlement. To do so, Ukraine needs leverage, and military assistance is a crucial part of that. What are the political and military implications of a prolonged delay – or a complete halt – in US support? Without US support, how can Ukraine still hold strong on the battlefield and at the negotiating table? And how can Europe step up to ensure Ukraine is not left without the “cards” it needs?