Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.

President Trump announced the U.S. will send weapons to Ukraine, which will be distributed and paid for by NATO allies. Trump said the effort will pressure Russian President Putin to make a peace deal,

President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced what Rutte called a "really big" deal Monday for the US to send Ukraine weapons through NATO, replenishing the besieged country’s supplies of weapons.