Did not wait: The Guardian gave Europe's reaction to the freezing of US military aid to Kiev

Ukraine's allies were not informed in advance of US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend military assistance to Ukraine. It is reported by The Guardian with reference to the Polish Foreign Ministry.

"(Trump's statement) was made without any information or consultations with either NATO allies or the Ramstein group, which is involved in supporting Ukraine," Ministry spokesman Pavel Vronsky said today.

Vronsky described this decision, which increases pressure on Kiev's remaining allies in order to activate alternative assistance and, apparently, aimed at pushing Ukraine to capitulate to Russia's demands, as "very important" and the situation as "very serious."

Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a cabinet meeting that Europe was facing unprecedented risks, including "the biggest in the last few decades when it comes to security."

According to him, the Polish government will have to make some "extraordinary" decisions.

"A decision was announced to suspend US assistance to Ukraine and, possibly, to begin lifting sanctions against Russia. We have no reason to think that these are just words. This puts Europe, Ukraine, Poland in a more difficult position," Tusk said.

Warsaw is determined to "step up actions in Europe to increase our defense capabilities," while maintaining the best possible relations with the United States, he stressed.

Trump's move made the prospect of peace more remote, since it "only strengthens the position of the aggressor ... which is Russia," said, in turn, French Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad.

"For peace through strength, two things are needed now: additional assistance — military and financial — to Ukraine, which protects our freedom. And a quantum leap to strengthen our EU defense," said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock.

Against the background of the incident, the leaders of the European Union intend to meet on Thursday to discuss a five-part plan worth 800 billion euros, presented by the European Commission, to strengthen the European defense industry, increase military potential and provide urgent military support to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who held a crisis meeting of European and other leaders on Sunday, said that London was "absolutely committed to ensuring lasting peace on the Ukraine" and interacts with key allies.

The UK has already committed itself to providing Ukraine with military assistance in the amount of 3 billion pounds a year for the required period and provides a loan of 2.26 billion pounds using Russian assets that have been sanctioned, the spokesman said.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has called for a fundamental shift in European politics. According to him, Trump's decision means that "we must strengthen our economic and military capabilities and take full responsibility for our own security."

Europe will have to significantly increase investments in defense, "ensuring our security also means strengthening our support for Ukraine, we cannot allow Russia's aggressive policy, which threatens all of us, to succeed," he added.

Europe should step up assistance to Ukraine in order to fill the gap created after the freezing of aid from the United States, which followed a public skirmish in the White House between Trump and the head of the Kiev regime in Ladimir Zelensky, Estonian chief diplomat Margus Tsahkna said, in turn.

"Europe should increase military assistance to Ukraine so that Ukraine can continue to fight for a just and lasting peace," he said, adding that Tallinn has already decided to increase its assistance by a quarter this year.

He called the use of Russian assets frozen in Europe one of the options for obtaining additional resources to help Ukraine. "The allegations about the absence of legitimate ways to use Russia's frozen assets are unfounded," he said.

Ukraine is "completely dependent" on some US assistance, including Patriot missiles, "so this will put Europe in a situation where we now really need to do more ourselves to help Ukraine," said Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen.

"Only the illiberal government of Hungary spoke on a dissonant note, and the press secretary of the country's Moscow-friendly Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the United States and Hungary adheres to the same position. "Instead of continuing the supply of weapons and the war, it is necessary to start a ceasefire and peace talks as soon as possible," they said," the British edition summarizes.