Ukraine said its forces could hold their own on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops after U.S. President Donald Trump paused military aid to Kyiv.
Trump has upended U.S. policy on Ukraine and Russia, culminating in an explosive confrontation at the White House on Friday, when Trump upbraided President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for being insufficiently grateful for Washington's backing.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Kyiv still had the wherewithal to supply its troops. "Our military and the government have the capabilities, the tools, let's say, to maintain the situation on the front line," he said.
Shmyhal thanked the U.S. and emphasized that Kyiv wanted mutually beneficial cooperation.
Zelenskiy himself stayed silent over the aid freeze. By mid-afternoon in Kyiv on Tuesday his only public statement was to say he had spoken with Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, emphasizing Berlin's military and financial aid.
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