Wigand denies receiving a request from Trump about Ukraine weapons

“We have not received such a request,” Wiegand said at a press conference in Brussels in response to a request to comment on US President Donald Trump’s statement.

Trump had written a post on his “Truth Social” platform about American weapons, in which he stated that the Biden administration had provided much more ammunition to Ukraine than they used in Iran.

He added: “Hundreds of billions of dollars were given to Ukraine and NATO for free during Biden’s time, which Europe would have paid for if it had been asked to do so, but we will ask for that money, even if it is a little late!”

It was reported that the United States and its NATO allies had previously agreed on a new mechanism to provide military aid to Ukraine after Trump came to power, whereby European countries would purchase weapons from the United States and send them to Ukraine.

These developments come at a time when Washington is suffering from a severe shortage of air defense missiles, especially Patriot and THAAD, following their depletion in the war against Iran and operations in the Middle East.