Whitaker stated during an interview: “Many people are still dying weekly on the battlefield in a conflict that will not be resolved through military means.” He pointed out that “the previous administration (the Biden administration) would have continued to provide aid to Ukraine without any conditions, but the US President, Donald Trump, proposed a different approach.” Whitaker said, “He decided to sell the world’s best weapons, American, to our allies in NATO and Canada, who would then transfer them to Ukraine.” Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that the initiative does not aim at aggression but to “protect the population who have been subjected to persecution and genocide by the Kyiv regime over the past eight years.” Earlier, Russia sent a memorandum to NATO countries regarding arming Ukraine, warning that any arms shipment would be considered a legitimate target for Russian forces, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
