u. s. or ukraine and a possible president. trump possible president trump, that we don't know what he's going to do with nato. trump recently drew attention to himself with the statements in which he threatened to hand over delinquent natal members to put in if they failed to meet their budget. it's the largest needle maneuver of all time operation. steadfast defender a name that says it all a 4 month long military exercise to demonstrate the strength of the military alliance. meanwhile, in the usa presidential candidate, donald trump reiterate this low opinion of nato and valves to cut off protection for delinquent allies who don't pay their dues in full no, i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. you gotta pay, you gotta pay your bill trims, publications or anything new, even when he was president, he repeatedly criticize the alliance. but this time, his comments are horrifying. partners in the alliance, nato chief against oldenburg claimed trumps words undermine our security. in europe is worried. that's what's nato's promise of protectio

ukraine. after hungry as prime minister victor or bon finally dropped weeks of opposition. ukraine has faced increasing uncertainty over 8 funding because of political in finding in the u and the u. s. hon gary and prime minister of victor. all done once again in the spotlight in brussels, which he again block then you a package for ukraine as he did last december. he did not or he did. so when we got the 27 heads of state and government to reach political agreement, which will allow us to mobilize safety, exits revealing due risk as part of the ukraine facility, return. the packages intended to help you create incurs bunch of gaps and pay salaries and services. in the years 2024 to 2027. the relief at reaching the necessary unanimity is palpable. that's a sudden, this is of course, a good message for the citizens of ukraine who are so challenged by the russian war of aggression. but of course also for us is the european union, which has shown that it can stand together. v you is withholding funding from hungary because of concerns about the root of little hungary has block you decisions on separate issues. some of you need us make clear what they think of people all bunch tactics.

dropped weeks of opposition to the deal. ukraine has faced increasing uncertainty over 8 funding because of political infighting in the you and the u. s. us or with me here in the studio is all her stuff. a nation. she is deputy prime minister for the european and euro atlantic integration of ukraine. as such, she's responsible for your clients, integration into both of you and nato. welcome to dw. good morning. let's begin with the breakthrough yesterday in brussels. uh, you leaders finally approved that 50000000000 euro package for ukraine. what does that mean for your country as well? that means a lot, and so since a long list has a message to or ukranian people, ukrainian medical workers sold shirts. so the social workers teach us that they will have the necessary payments that and do you grade in society, which has no signal that it will survive throughout the 4 years. because we're not only surviving through the war and fighting on the front line. there's a surgeon $1000030.00 plus 1000000 people which have to so i have to work on a daily basis. and this decision is vital. this 50000000000 from, from europe for 4 years from the europea

people, they are, they don't care about nato or russia or even ukraine, arguably at the moment, at least that is they care about border issues and inside u. s. politics to the economy. is that correct? so, why did he say that to it is astonishing admission. after all, that is true, tuesday relevant with the outer world. and he a chief that thought of course this is classic trump telling a tale of what he and how tough he was when he was president. and then he told me to offer meaning actually admitting that if he is in power, nato is pretty much obsolete, or at least article 5, which considers that or says that an attack on one day to partner is an a take on all nato partners. and they come in to help them. this is obsolete and not going to happen anymore if you don't pay up according to donald trump. again, classic trump from dw stuff and siemens in washington is a look now at some of the stories making headlines in other parts of the world. for us, the secretary of defense lloyd austin, has temporarily transferred gigi's to his deputy after being admitted to a washington dc hospital on sunday. just last month the austin came on. the 5 fro

u. s. military aid? now, how crucial is us aid for ukraine's counter offensive? so obviously we've seen the, the freezing or the drawing down of us i, there is still all the aid going in from european countries. the u. k. recently signed those 2 and a half 1000000000 pounds of 8 over the next year, also and said, there is other right, but the reality is, and this is true within nature, it has been true for decades. that the us is the in dispensable partner and part of that psychological. so when you are paying country, see the us putting his hand in his pocket or delivering alternately, they feel, yes, actually we can do this because we're backed up by the americans. and then part of it is just roll industrial power. the us is able to turn out things like artillery shells, and antioch of missiles as a much greater rate than you are paying countries. so it is very important. mike will have to leave at that. i think so much so it's mike moss and military analysts from kings collision and key or not. and denisia is controversial defense. minnesota is i'm close to become, it's new president unofficial early res

or the u. s. senate has advanced a $95000000000.00 bill to provide it to ukraine. is royal and taiwan. most of the support nearly $60000000000.00 would go to ukraine. now the 14000000000 would be israel and final vises expected sometime next week. as i've said, all week long, we're going to keep working on this bill until the job is done. it is essential. we finish the work on this bill. it's been years perhaps decades that the senate is taking up a stand alone bill. that's so significantly impact not just our national security, not just the security of our allies, but the very security of western democracy and our ideals for more on this, my kind of joins us now from washington, dc. and like it appears the money to be and now for the us military support and the number of a level hotspots, can you just run us through how significant this is and now contentious. it has been to get to this point or what is significant and not if the votes had not gone positive, then it would have simply all gone away back to square one. so it is significant that the senate has managed to pos this particu

or even ukraine. all you believe at the moment, at least that is they care about border issues and inside the u. s. politics of the economy. is that correct? so why did he say that to it? is astonishing admission after all that is true, tuesday relevant with the outer world and he achieved that. but of course, this is classic trump telling a tale of what he and how tough he was when he was president. and then he told me to offer meaning actually admitting that if he is in power, nato is pretty much obsolete, or at least article 5, which considers that or says that an attack on one day to partner is an a take on all nato partners. and they come in to help them. this is obsolete and not going to happen anymore if you don't pay up according to donald trump, again, classic trump stuff on. so what's been the reaction thus far? the reactions from the g o. p senators, for example, is to down play it, they say exactly what i kind of said here. that is donald trump, just talking that he is of course, not in charge to cancel a u. s. membership or stewardship off of nato. that is a decision which has to meet

or is a diversion? yes, the us and it's military are to blame for a lot of what is going on, such as the 2003 warranty rock. but it wasn't the u. s. military that invaded ukraine and continues to attack ukraine on a daily basis. that was why don't report to your wasn't the us that attacked israel or that attack garza, that's a mosse and that is real, that are involved there. and if you just simply shout shout shout about us militarism, you forget the fact that this is a very complex system, such as the complex system in china. and you rule out the possibility that the us in china can find a way forward together. because we are simply shaking your fist and say, well, washington is always going to be the bad guy, is too simplistic, and it doesn't help us as i was. yeah. okay, let me just step scott, i don't, i don't think that washington is always the bad guy. but i spent 20 years on the outer reaches of empire covering us militarism and proxy wars in latin america and everywhere else. and there is no control any more. it's a state within the state, and uh yeah, certainly i saw there. i'm sorry, chris, sorry, chris, if you're a good recorder, but as an analyst i

u. s. military aid. now, how crucial is us aid for ukraine's counter offensive? it's so obviously we seen the, the freezing or the drawing down of us i, there is still all the aids going in from european countries. the u. k. recently signed those 2 and a half 1000000000 pounds of 8 over the next year also. and so there is other right, but the reality is, and this is true within nature, it has been true for decades that the us is the indispensable partner and part of that psychological. so when you are paying country, see the us putting his hand in his pocket or delivering alternately, they feel yes, actually we can do this because we're backed up by the americans. and then part of it is just roll industrial power. the us is able to turn out things like artillery shells, and antioch of missiles as a much greater rate than you are paying countries. so it is very important. mike will have to leave at that. i think so much. so it's mike moss and military analysts from kings police lane, keep defense minister pro. so the answer is claiming victory in indonesia is the presidential election. the former commander of

u. s. military aid. now how crucial is us aid for ukraine's counter offensive us? so obviously we seen the, the freezing or the drawing down of us i, there is still all the aid going in from european countries. the u. k. recently signed those 2 and a half 1000000000 pounds of 8 over the next year also. and so there is not the right, but the reality is, and this is true within nature, it has been true for decades that the us is the indispensable partner and part of that psychological. so when you are paying country, see the us putting his hand in his pocket or delivering alternately, they feel yes, actually we can do this because we backed up by the americans. and then part of it is just roll industrial power. the us is able to turn out things like artillery shells, and antioch of missiles as a much greater rate than you are paying countries. so it is very important. mike will have to leave it that i think so much. so it's mike moss and military analysts from king's college when he remarks by us presidential hopeful donald trump last week have been widely interpreted as pushing the future of the nato allian

but generally i hear optimism from them, that sooner or later it so obvious that supported ukraine is in u. slly americans will have to come through. >> along with a stalled u.s. aid that the president zelenskyy says is crucial, ukraine is also struggling to recruit new soldiers, as we talked about. what are the biggest challenges ahead? >> politically it is very difficult. i think in the early weeks and months of the invasion, in 2022, you head enormous groundswell of patriotism and willingness to volunteer to fight. the military swelled by hundreds of thousands of new recruits and soldiers. but that was also because there was a feeling this war could be won quickly, that russians could quickly be pushed back. now it seems like the end of the war is receding further and further into the horizon. and soldiers, ukrainian people who were considering joining the fight, as military personnel, they don't really know for how long that commitment will be, how long they have to serve. some of the soldiers out there on the front have been there for many months, up to a year, without being rotated out

ukraine and his 3rd year full is trying to take the fight to russia . while it waits to see whether the west provides resources have another go on the battlefields or u. s. president joe biden has a nice punitive sanctions against 500 targets in russia, in a fresh effort to kind to what he called pretends war machine. the measure is also seek to punish russian officials for the death of dissident politician alexis giovanni last week. targets include people connected with his imprisonment, as well as individuals involved and supporting the war, including the defense on financial sectors. you could easily. this is what president biden had to say on the new sections. so we can't walk away now. and this is putting this, betty, now he's betting on, we're going to walk away. that's why i'm announcing more than 500 new sanctions. the want to to conquest in response to the election of all of these dead because make no mistake put in is responsible for alexis that offer more. we're going nearby. dw is janelle, to my loan, who is in washington dc. licensed agent. now tell us more about these latest functions. now, these sanctions are in response for alexis, of al

or republicans, et cetera. they don't seem to acknowledge that real failures of u. s. foreign policy and real revelations about the us funding of ukraine and the results of that money pouring into the country. and what that is, matt, they don't want to acknowledge that that may be part of what has delayed this bill from passing now in the lead up to the senate, passing the bill. there was a debate with republican saying they wanted funding for the us border and they were willing to vote for the bill if funding for the us border and border security were added to it. however, democrats were unwilling to budge. however, they did add funding for taiwan and they weren't willing to add any funding for the us border. now, the bill now house has to go to the us house of representatives. uh they will vote on it next. uh, and after that, if it passes the house of representatives, which is certainly not guaranteed, as there's expected to be quite a bit of debate around it, just as there was in the senate. uh, then it will end up on the uh, the seats or the desk of joe biden, who will then have to sign it into the law. so this is the process. many

or republicans, etc. they don't seem to acknowledge that real failures of u. s. foreign policy and real revelations about the u. s. funding of ukraine and the results of that money pouring into the country and what that is, man, uh, they don't want to acknowledge that may be part of what has delayed this bill from passing the bill. now house to have to go to the us house of representatives. uh they will vote on it next. uh and after that, uh, if it passes the house of representatives, which is certainly not guaranteed, as there is expected to be quite a bit of debate around it. just as there was in the senate, uh then it will end up on the uh, the seat or the desk of joe biden will then have to sign it into the law. so uh, this is the process. many expect this bill would pass a long time ago. it's taken quite some time as debates about u. s. foreign policy and continued funding for in cranes escalates many in the united states. just don't see always to be spending lots of money on for and wars around the world piling weapons into foreign country as well. the situation at home deteriorates particularly on the us border. so that's wha

u. s. congress has still wrangling over into $60000000000.00 in aid to ukraine. thought all of this, a milder was 2 sides, will be invested one way or another back in to american production and enterprises . most of the military ones profess of economics and politics and seminaries, college of california talk to chuck rasmus says the rule is just fitting the pockets of defense contractors on weapons manufacture. us press 0 is not a and it has 0, its a near tons running u. s. foreign policy and trying to expand the empire. a good part of it, maybe 3040 percent, is actual cash payments to ukraine, to keep this government from some collapse and you know, the us and you are paying the wages and salaries and government workers and their punches, which by the way, a better the american government workers get uh so, you know, maybe a 3rd of it is actual cash payments. and then uh, you know, the i m f is given it 13000000 keep its uh, currency from collapsing. the rest of it is, uh, yeah, it's uh to buy goods. uh, weapons right. uh, the u. s. government to actually phase the manufacturers money. uh, and the website manufacturers send the go

or the national security council. these were trump administration officials who all said that what joe biden did related to the prosecutor general in ukraine, was consistent with official u. s. policy in all of the western world, and that it was bad for hunter biden's company. yet they get this uncorroborated, 10:23 form from the fbi, and they hold it up as the best example, the best evidence that they have. but i will tell you that one way they may be chilled, that is now that they know that this information was funneled through russian intelligence, through the fbi by russian intelligence, and is part of a russian disinformation scheme to interfere in our election, if they continue with this investigation, they are opening themselves up to a criminal investigation for conspiring with russia to interfere in the election. and that may be the only thing that keeps them from going forward. >> let me follow up on that, do you think that there is an appetite inside of the department of justice to look into this on that level? >> i don't know. david weiss, the special counsel, is the one who pursued this case against the confidential source. you will recall this information was

or conflict. i mean, generally, and i'm deeply offended by that. resentment at home about the amount of usaid for israel and ukraine seems to be rising. the u. s. presidential candidate, robert kennedy junior claims that the white house is just using those conflicts to make money. mitch mcconnell was as and we really afford the $70.13 as you can easily, don't worry. it's not really going to be strong to americans. defense manufacturer, so we just submit it as a money laundering. and who do you think all is every one of those companies? i've lived rock. jim scott, during the republic into bass said, don't worry. it's not a gift to you, right? it's a long raise your hand if you think that that last ever getting paid back. of course it's hard. so why do they call? what is it they call it alone? they can impose loan conditions and what is the long conditions of impose on number one of extreme austerity program. so if your report, you great and you're going to be port forever. number 2, most important ukraine has to put all of its own assets up for sale to multinational corporations including all of its agricultural land. the biggest single asset i

or pilot had probably offered his services to the s b u. and in a conversation with russian media earlier, pub said that he could likely be eliminated after he was done being used by ukraine . and perhaps if they didn't want to pay out what they offered him. but again, we have not heard anything else from russia or the kremlin. do we know more about how we ended up in spring? well, that's a thing nikki. it's hard to say because the documentation that was actually found on him was belonging to a 33 year old ukrainian man. and so it's hard to say where that came from. now you printing and sources and spanish media have said that uh to reuters that cruise me off had actually died in spain. but they did not know specifically the cause of his death. now the question is, it's pretty obvious. who did it? why was, why did this happen? how could be you allow this to happen if they knew about it? and if he had been given falsified documents, isn't that a prime of forgery? and how could that be allowed then to legally exist? if you claim you about this, so there's so many questions left that we don't have. okay, thanks for the information that i see a lot that's and so 2 questions t

or so. and they also say that there's enough evidence to say that the west probably the u. s. is behind this. and also that there's probably some sort of thing is pointing towards ukraine. one of those investigative journalist is a pulitzer prize winner. he's seymour hersh, and he said that it's quite clear that the americans were involved in this. and the idea was to stop that cheap gas coming from russia into germany. biden's decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than 9 months of highly secret back and forth the bait inside washington's national security community about how to best achieve that goal. and it's not just june list site seymour hersh saying this, we put experts suggesting that there's politicking going on around what happened to nude stream one on to both of those pipelines, including one who is a royal danish defense college command. and see said that the reason that the swede to shut down their investigation just a few weeks ago was because they didn't probably want to run the boat too much because they're trying to join nato. you can read through the line to between the lines or not and not really suggest is that means that the swedish inv