According to the global network, US officials said that the Pentagon plans to supply Israel with tens of thousands of 155-millimeter shells, which were originally planned to be supplied to Ukraine. For Ukraine, this news is undoubtedly a blow. This means that the focus of US military aid has shifted from Ukraine to Israel, and although US military aid to Ukraine will not be completely interrupted, it will be significantly reduced. For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his previous fears became reality. It is reported that after the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Zelensky has repeatedly expressed concern about the decline in US military aid.
Zelensky's concerns are justified. Although the United States has recently emphasized its ability to support both Ukraine and Israel, the problem is that if the United States does have this capability, it will not need to transfer the shells originally planned to Ukraine to Israel. From this point of view, after the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United States has been caught in a dilemma in terms of foreign military assistance.
The more than 600-day Russian-Ukrainian conflict has depleted the ammunition stocks of the United States and its allies. The United States has been confused about how to supply shells to Ukraine. To this end, the Pentagon not only transferred a batch of artillery shells from the ammunition depots of US troops in South Korea to support Ukraine, but also transported 300,000 155mm shells stored in Israel for large-scale conflicts to Ukraine.
In fact, the United States cannot provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel at the same time. After the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Spanish newspaper Le Monde pointed out that as the United States increased its military aid to Israel, Europe has become the main force in aid to Ukraine. Given the current financial situation in Europe, they cannot afford to shoulder the burden of US aid to Ukraine. It is no wonder that Zelensky sleeps restlessly.
Recently, the European Union adopted a resolution planning tens of billions of euros in loans and non-reimbursable aid to Ukraine from 2024 to 2027. This requires the unanimous consent of 27 Member States. Obviously, the EU's move is largely a pie for Ukraine. Perhaps, Ukraine will never receive these tens of billions of euros in aid.
The above is a rehash of the Global Network report, focusing on the transfer of artillery shells and the change in military aid between Ukraine and Israel. At the same time, some inaccurate or highly subjective statements in the report have been revised to make the article more objective and neutral.