US military aid to Ukraine has now started moving across the border from Poland, following an agreement between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, according to Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.
Sikorski was speaking to reporters alongside his Ukrainian counterpart, Andriy Sybiha, in Warsaw, as the latter returned from the talks in Jeddah on March 12.
“I can confirm that arms deliveries via Jasionka have returned to previous levels,” Sikorski said, referring to a logistics hub southeastern Poland.
Washington had announced it was freezing supplies last week after a public clash in the White House between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The move caused deep concern in Ukraine, which Current Time documented in interviews with frontline troops.
“Give us more weapons, and we’ll guarantee our security,” said one soldier, identified by the call sign Sokol, serving in an artillery unit in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
“I think things will clear up soon, and we’ll keep receiving weapons and other aid.”
Sokol was right, with aid having now resumed following the nine-hour meeting that resulted with Ukraine and the United States adopting a proposal for a 30-day cease-fire.
Washington has now presented this to Moscow, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring, “We’re going to tell them this is what’s on the table.”
The United States is Ukraine’s single biggest arms donor, and Sokol’s comments underlined how important the resumption of weapons supplies is to Ukraine’s war effort.
“We use a lot of weapons produced in the United States and Europe,” he said.
Another soldier in the unit, identified as Odin, said: “We’re doing everything we can to keep [Russian forces] out of the Dnipropetrovsk region. We are inflicting huge losses to minimize their movements on our land.”
“We are ready to create the appropriate team on our side that will work on this road map on how to get this truce, if it happens,” he said.
Russian officials did not immediately respond to the Jeddah proposals.
Speaking on March 12, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “We have planned contacts with the Americans in the coming days, during which we count on (getting)complete information.”/Rferl/
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