Ukraine Without US Support: Can It Continue the War?
The text reports that renewed tension between Washington and Kyiv has raised the question of how far Ukrainian forces can keep fighting if they lose remaining US support. It says Kyiv still depends on the United States for air-defence missiles, intelligence, early-warning technologies and satellite military communications, even as European aid has increased and Ukraine's defence industry has developed. The text also notes that the Trump administration stopped approving new aid packages for Ukraine in early 2025, after total US aid of at least $131.5 billion since 2022, while combined EU and EU-institution aid reached at least $228.5 billion.
Why it matters: The question bears on transatlantic burden-sharing and European defence, because Europe's larger aggregate aid has not substituted for US capabilities that Kyiv still needs.