00:00Now, US officials are downplaying a White House announcement that Washington is pausing some weapon shipments to Ukraine.
00:07Now, they say President Donald Trump still has robust options for military assistance to Kyiv.
00:12That is, Ukraine continues to contend with some of Russia's largest missile and drone attacks of the three-year war.
00:18Any halt to the provision of munitions, especially for air defence, will be, though, a significant blow to Kyiv.
00:24Well, earlier we spoke to our correspondent, Emmanuel Shaz in Kyiv.
00:28She spoke about the difficult relationship now between Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky.
00:35We've seen the president of Ukraine, you know, having to very much just take note of what Washington has been dictating.
00:45We've seen a shift in the relationship ever since this disastrous meeting in the Oval Office back in February.
00:52And even if the two men, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, had a much quieter, much abeased meeting in the Vatican back in April,
01:01you know, Ukraine has done everything the U.S. wanted.
01:04It has signed a mineral deal.
01:07It has agreed to talks and direct talks with Russia, and it has also repeatedly offered to buy the equipment it needs.
01:16And yet it doesn't seem to be quite enough for the U.S. to continue its support to Ukraine.
01:23So here I would say that the government is taking any news coming from the U.S. day by day, but with also and by also keeping in mind that it has to find other avenues, other allies.
01:37Allies also when it comes to equipment, military equipment, and when it comes to diplomacy, Kyiv is simply doing its best to not anger the U.S. president.
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