Arms and ammunition stocks in Ukraine are stable for now, but the Kiev Armed Forces have serious problems with manpower, CNN reported, citing American officials.
The Biden administration announced the last tranche of military aid that it will send to Ukraine, amounting to about $ 500 million. The outgoing White House wants to give Ukraine the greatest possible advantage before starting negotiations with the aggressor Russia.
The latest military aid package includes air defense missiles, air-to-ground ammunition and equipment for the F-16 fighter jets used by Ukraine. Biden was scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Rome on Friday, but the White House announced late Wednesday that it was canceling the trip because of the California wildfires.
According to CNN sources in Washington and Kiev, talks between Ukraine and Russia will take place in the first half of 2025.
Senior Trump officials hope to find a peaceful resolution to the war within "100 days of Trump taking office." It is still unclear what Trump's strategy will be for ending the war in Ukraine.
The Joe Biden administration has provided Ukraine with more than $65 billion in aid since the start of the full-scale war launched by Putin in February 2022. It will soon be three years since the invasion.