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A thousand two hundred thirty -sixth day. Military assistance to Ukraine from Trump as a signal for Russia

Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air. In our daily materials, we publish your letters because we are sure: we must continue to talk about the war. What feelings do you experience because of the ongoing war? How does it affect you personally right now? How has your attitude to what is happening, towards Russia, Ukraine, to the world changed over these three years of the war? Look for a feedback form at the end of this article. A review of the previous day can be read here .

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US President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of allocating new funding for military support from Ukraine, CBS News said , citing several diplomatic sources.

According to them, such a decision may be aimed at “sending a signal of Russia”, which in recent days inflicted massive attacks in Ukraine with rockets and drones. In particular, only on the night of July 9, the Russian military launched 728 drones of different types across Ukraine.

The source of possible new financing for Ukraine is still unclear, notes CBS News. American officials in a conversation with the publication recalled that Trump has $ 3.85 billion remaining since the administration of Joe Biden. These funds can be used to send military equipment to Ukraine.

In addition, CBS News notes, the US president has the authority to confiscate about five billion frozen Russian assets and send them to Ukraine, although neither he nor his predecessor has yet taken this opportunity.

On the eve of Politico reported that Trump was discussing a plan for providing military assistance to Ukraine for hundreds of millions of dollars. According to Reuters, the US President will allocate military assistance to Ukraine through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA, presidential orders for weapons of weapons). This scheme allows the American authorities to send weapons to Kyiv from the US Army reserves, the approval of the congress is not necessary for this. According to one of the Reuters interlocutors, the military aid package will be about $ 300 million, and it will probably include missiles for Patriot complexes and medium -range missiles. However, the final list of what Washington will send Kyiv is not yet defined.

On July 1, the United States suspended the supply of some ammunition to Ukraine, including missiles for Patriot air defense systems, but soon deliveries resumed. Trump said that Washington was forced to send weapons to Kyiv. “They must be able to protect themselves. Now very powerful blows are inflicted on them. We will be forced to send more weapons, ”said the US President.

War through the eyes of readers "Medusa"

Natalia (Moscow). I read the letters that people write to you, and 95% of them are filled with hatred. Hatred is born out of powerlessness and fear. This is a common place, but hatred never brings anything good to this world. We all, wherever we are, feel powerless in these circumstances, at least from time to time. We always find guilty, which are convenient to hate. It seems to me that in these letters everything was mentioned, at least once. Emigrants hate the remaining people, and vice versa, the Belgorodians hate Muscovites, because Muscovites did not do enough, Muscovites hate Rostovites, because they are turbopatriots, someone hates Medusa journalists, because because of their news the corn flies away, and so on.

But we are not powerless. Each of us can make a very important, huge contribution to our common future. We can stop hatred on ourselves. We may not hate in response. For hatred, we can see pain, grief, powerlessness and fear, and we can understand. And do not hate.

I'm not talking about the struggle of all the best against everything bad. I'm not talking about the fact that there is no need to punish criminals. Be sure to. I am talking about a particular future of our children: the less hatred it will be in this future, the more hope will be in it. Hatred does not solve any problems, it only creates them. Naturally, I turn primarily to the Russians, but among the Russians there are those who have lost loved ones in this war. I can tell them that I have a relative who lost my daughter through the fault of a doctor. He found the strength not to hate him and even ask for an investigation for him. Since there is such a power in people, it means that I can at least try to look for it in myself. So we can all try.

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