The US shutdown is slowing supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Following the US government shutdown due to Congress' failure to approve the necessary legislation on funding government agencies, military aid to Ukraine was under threat.
The British publication Telegraph writes about this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Ukrainian sources, the furloughing of hundreds of thousands of American federal employees has already led to the cancellation of negotiations on a drone production cooperation deal that had begun in Washington.
"I can't imagine how negotiations can continue," a source in the Ukrainian government told the publication.
However, he is more worried about another issue.
“What worries us most is that important discussions about future arms deliveries are currently ongoing,” the newspaper’s source complained.
According to him, "These projects are currently stalled because Pentagon, State Department, and White House staff are unable to work, and we are losing precious time.».
In addition, it was said that "other Ukrainian delegations that had planned to visit [the US] in the coming weeks are now revising their plans».
"It's not yet clear whether the shutdown will impact the delivery of $500 million in US weapons aid under the PURL program. The cancellation of the talks raises concerns that the recent warming of relations between the US and Ukraine could be derailed while Kyiv continues to suffer losses on the battlefield," the Telegraph writes.
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