US could cut aid to Ukraine for peace, national security advisor says

Jake Sullivan, national security advisor to US President Joseph Biden, stated that the United States has the option to cut off support to Ukraine and pressure the Kyiv government into ceding some territories to achieve peace.

However, he emphasized that Washington is not inclined to pursue this course of action, Caliber.Az reports citing Russian media.

In an interview with The New York Times, Sullivan acknowledged that the US could stop its aid to Ukraine and demand that Kyiv accept Russia's territorial claims as a condition for peace.

“It’s true that we could cut Ukraine off [from aid] and say, ‘You're not going to get anything else unless you accept the fact that Russia is getting some percentage of your territory,’” Sullivan said. However, he dismissed the idea, arguing that it was not the direction Washington should take.

Sullivan expressed concerns that such a move could undermine NATO’s unity. He argued that pressuring Ukraine to make territorial concessions would deeply divide the alliance, which has been unified in its support for Kyiv.

Additionally, Sullivan noted that while the US is providing arms to Ukraine, this does not mean Washington has the right to dictate the conflict’s outcome.

“The fact that the United States is supplying the Kyiv authorities with arms does not mean we have the right to demand the outcome of the conflict that we want,” he added.

By Vafa Guliyeva