MOSCOW, July 18. /TASS/. US weapons deliveries to Ukraine via the EU could face delays; clashes in southern Syria raise alarm in Turkey; and the West intensifies efforts to destabilize security in the Asia-Pacific region. These stories have topped Friday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
The United States and its European allies are discussing ways to implement Donald Trump’s order to resume the supplies of US weapons to Kiev. Although the US president declared his intent to provide military aid to Ukraine, neither the volume of shipments nor delivery times nor the list of weapons meant to be handed over to Ukraine is clear at this point. Besides, the projected mechanism does not make it possible to quickly increase supplies and restore Ukrainian air defenses, Izvestia reports.
St. Petersburg State University Professor Natalya Yeryomina points out that Trump’s goal "is to make sure that money keeps coming to the US and is spent only on the projects that will serve the United States." "He will promise everyone everything but not at his expense; this is clear to the European Union and now, the organization is working to develop its own policy of support for Ukraine. However, there still is an understanding that nothing can be done without US assistance," the political scientist noted.
