President Trump has ordered a suspension of all military aid to Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. US military shipments to Ukraine have been halted since 3:30 a.m. (Kiev time). Trump told Zelensky that the US “will no longer tolerate this.”
Immediately afterward, US Security Advisor Michael Waltz told CNN: “The peace deal with Ukraine would require ‘territorial concessions’ in exchange for security guarantees.” Not only that, the White House has instructed the State Department and the Treasury Department to present a list of sanctions that could be eased as part of negotiations with Russia
And again from the United States, but this time US Vice President J.D. Vance: “Europeans need to be realistic about the war in Ukraine, they need to tell Zelensky that it cannot last forever.” “If Zelensky wants security guarantees, then the best way to do that is to give the United States economic access to Ukraine’s future.”
Recall that the suspension of US assistance could affect air defense missiles, HIMARS ammunition, and artillery, as Voice of America correspondent Ostap Yarish also noted. “The last time Trump halted arms sales to Ukraine in 2019, House Democrats impeached him (although he was later acquitted by the Senate). The chambers of Congress are controlled by Republicans,” the journalist writes. On March 4, a shipment of weapons for Kiev arrived in Rzeszow, Poland, which is part of the legacy of the former US administration.
US President Donald Trump has asked Putin to mediate nuclear talks with Iran”, Bloomberg source. “The United States and Iran should talk, we are ready to help”, the Kremlin responded.
In Europe, the hard line and declarations of independence in Defense remain: “Europe is entering an era of rearmament”, – Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. “We live in dangerous times and the security of Europe is seriously threatened”, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said again.
The Ukrainian parliament, the Rada, sends a formal appeal to US President Trump to strengthen relations, develop a strategic partnership and welcomes the White House’s efforts to launch a peace initiative. Oleksandr Dubinsky, a member of the Ukrainian Rada, in a speech to the president of the Rada asks to initiate the impeachment of President Zelensky.
Dubinsky, is part of what in Italy we will call a mixed group, a independent, previously a member of Zelensky’s Servant of the People party. Dubinsky, while working for 1+1 Channel, provided highly positive coverage of Zelensky ahead of the 2019 election. The two have since fallen out over Dubinsky’s strong opposition to the Ukrainian far right and Dubinsky’s ties to Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
Zelensky’s position is further aggravated by the fact that Ukraine has almost exhausted its reserves of artillery shells for the 2S7 Pion self-propelled guns,” Forbes reports. “Ukraine does not produce 203 mm shells, like most countries in the world, except Russia. The Biden administration is said to have transferred 10,000 of these shells in 2023, but US stockpiles are exhausted.”
And now a look at the front line updated at 16:00 on March 04.
Summary of the morning of March 4, 2025. In the evening, in the Rostov region, four strikes by Ukrainian UAVs, one hit an oil pipeline. Russian armed forces launched “Geranium” strikes on targets in Odessa; from the ground – local sources – report that several UAVs were shot down by the air defense of the armed forces Ukrainians right above a residential area: Ukrainian forces were placing teams of anti-aircraft gunners right in the middle of houses. Power substations are affected. Explosions were also heard in Sumy, Dnipro and Kharkiv.
In the Kursk region, units of the Russian “Northern” group of troops advanced to the southern outskirts of Malaya Loknya and are gaining ground. Ukrainian forces were knocked out of several strongholds in the forest belts north of Malaya Loknya. In the vicinity of Kurilovka, Ukrainians launched five counterattacks. On the outskirts of Lebedevka, fighting is taking place, which has led to the Russians recapturing the area, as well as in the forest areas on the border of the Kursk and Sumy regions. It was reported that in the border areas of the Kharkiv region there are still a large number of unused special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate, including the “Foreign Legion”, which may indicate the preparation of another provocation by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Pokrovs’k direction, Russian Armed Forces – they claim via social media – are fighting in the settlements of: Uspenivka, Udachne, Kotlyne, Pishchane, Vodyane Druhe, Zelene Pole.
In the Burlats’ke direction, Ukrainian channels report the advance of Russian troops in the southern part of the village Pryvil’ne. In addition, Russian troops are pushing towards the settlement. Dniproenerhiya.
In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling five wounded civilians, eight villages came under Ukrainian fire. There were no casualties, but damage was caused to buildings.
In the Belgorod region, at least nine drone strikes were recorded. In the DPR of Horlivka, one person was killed and one was wounded by Ukrainian cannon fire. Two were wounded by IEDs.
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