US Planning To Push Allies In Europe To Buy Arms For Ukraine

If confirmed, deal could offer workaround for Washington amid opposition to funding

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The Trump administration plans to push European allies to buy more American weapons for Ukraine ahead of potential peace talks with Moscow, said two people with knowledge of the matter, a move that could improve Kyiv's negotiating position.

The plan, if formalized, will offer some reassurance to Ukrainian leaders who have worried that President Donald Trump might block further aid to the country, whose military has been slowly losing territory under fierce Russian assault in the east.

European countries previously purchased American weapons for Ukraine during the Biden administration.

US officials, including Mr. Trump's Ukrainian envoy, retired Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, will discuss the possible weapons purchases with European allies this week during the Munich Security Conference, the sources said.

It is one of several ideas the administration is discussing to potentially continue US weapons shipments to Kyiv without expending significant US capital, they added.

In an interview on Feb. 10 with Reuters, Lt.-Gen. (Ret.) Kellogg declined to confirm the plan but said: "The US always likes selling weapons made in America because it strengthens our economy."

"There are a lot of options out there. Everything is in play right now," he said, adding that the shipments previously approved by former president Joe Biden were still flowing into Ukraine. "There's not necessarily any need in the next 24 hours to make it any different."