U.S. Sells $1 Billion in Arms to Europe for Ukraine, Sealing Shift in Weapons Pipeline

In one of the clearest demonstrations to date of how the West’s approach to arming Ukraine against Russia is shifting under President Trump, four European countries are buying U.S. military equipment valued at roughly $1 billion for delivery to Kyiv’s forces.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, after a phone call with Trump about the war, said Tuesday on X that he had discussed the European purchases and “our bilateral defense cooperation with America.”