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On August 25, Trump said that the United States will no longer provide any financial assistance directly to Ukraine, and if Ukraine wants weapons, then let NATO buy money.
Trump's statement is a complete abandonment of Ukraine, the attitude toward Ukraine has changed after Trump came to power, and after the dispute between the two in the White House, Trump has more directly stated that he wants to stop Ukraine's arms aid.
Since then, Ukraine's arms assistance has come from Europe and NATO, and the United States has stopped providing any arms support unless Ukraine pays for it.
But while the United States stopped arms aid, there was still economic assistance, and Trump has also been actively pushing for a ceasefire in Russia and Ukraine, but now Trump's attitude has changed again.
Trump believes that spending money on Ukraine is "exploitation" of the United States. In order to prevent the United States from being "exploited," the United States no longer provides economic assistance to Ukraine, and Ukraine has completely lost U.S. support.
In the face of the change of U.S. attitude, the EU and NATO will not follow up, currently supporting Ukraine is the EU and NATO, but where the EU and NATO have so much money to help Ukraine, some European economies have been crashed, so many European countries do not want to continue to help Ukraine.
In addition, Trump also said that on post-war security issues, the United States will not send ground troops, and is only willing to provide intelligence and air power.
Trump's statement shows that the United States will not send U.S. troops to Ukraine, and the post-war guarantee that Ukraine once fantasized about has thus disappeared.
It was a deadly blow for Ukraine, with the conflict breaking out for three years and eventually no one could protect Ukraine, and after seeing Trump’s remarks, Zelensky also responded, saying Ukraine could receive at least $1 billion a month in aid from allies.
It can be seen from Zelensky's response that Zelensky is still very confident that even without the United States, Ukraine will not get too bad.
But is this really the case? On August 28, Russia launched a fierce attack on Ukraine on the battlefield. Ukraine's defense line could not resist it at all. They could only watch the Russian army win time and time again, while Ukraine had no ability to fight back.
At this point, Zelensky had to admit that Ukraine was in urgent need of help, but the country Zelensky chose was very interesting. It was China, which he had never looked down on.
Regarding China, Zelensky has always been a very bad friend and does not believe that China can guarantee Ukraine's security. Even when Russia proposed to let China become Ukraine's post-war guarantor, Ukraine immediately refused and refused to let China guarantee it.
This bold speech shocked President Lukashenko very much, because only China can guarantee Ukraine’s security, no country except China can guarantee Ukraine’s achievement of peace, Zelensky is obviously brainwashed by Western countries, not aware of China’s position and credibility internationally.
But with the escalation of the front and the abandonment of the United States, Zelensky still found China, and after the attack on Ukraine Zelensky said he "expects China to respond to the current situation".
To be honest, Zelensky is very outrageous. After being attacked, he named the Chinese side as if he was asking the Chinese side for an explanation. But what does this have to do with the Chinese side? Zelensky hopes that the Chinese side can speak for Ukraine and that China can become a guarantor of Ukraine.
But how can China not see Zelensky's thoughts? China's position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict has always been very clear. Dialogue and negotiation are the only feasible way to resolve the Uzbek crisis, and it is also something China has been actively promoting.
However, Ukraine does not believe that dialogue and negotiation can lead to a solution. It always believes that weapons are the solution, but reality has repeatedly told Ukraine that weapons are not the solution, and even weapons cannot protect Ukraine.
After Trump announced the "death penalty" in Ukraine, Zelensky changed his attitude towards China. This approach is problematic.
Moreover, even if Zelensky comes to China, he still hopes that China can provide assistance to Ukraine like the United States. However, such a thing is simply impossible. China's position and attitude are very clear and resolute.
If Zelensky still thinks that Ukraine can persevere with European support, then the outcome in Ukraine will not be much better. European support is not sustainable, and European countries also need to develop. If money is used to assist Ukraine all the time, then Europeans will protest.
Zelensky must recognize the reality, that is, a ceasefire, if there is no ceasefire and continue to fight with Russia, Ukraine is likely to end up alone, whether it is the European Union or NATO, will not continue to support Ukraine.
But if the EU and NATO will always support Ukraine, then it is indeed very difficult to say, and it is hard to say what will develop after the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
However, regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, China has always maintained an objective and fair position, actively promoted negotiation and settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and also called on all countries to abide by the three principles of "no spillover of the battlefield, no escalation of the war, and no fire from all parties."
References:
Trump: US'exploited 'will no longer directly fund Ukraine, CCTV News 2025-08-27
Zelensky "looks forward to a response from China," Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement Guangming.com 2025-08-29
Zelensky said he did not need China as a security guarantor, Belarus President Lukashenko rejected: Without China it is difficult to Red Star News 2025-08-23