Key Points and Summary – As diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine stall amid confusion over Russia’s commitments, American support for Kyiv remains robust.
-A new Gallup poll shows nearly half of Americans believe the U.S. is not doing enough to help Ukraine.
-This public sentiment is mirrored by policy, with the State Department approving a new $825 million arms sale, including 3,350 advanced ERAM missiles.
-However, this military backing comes as European officials express frustration that Russia has “barely budged” from its hardline positions, and that Putin’s promises from the recent Alaska summit now look “empty.”
More Aid For Ukraine? What Americans Think
How much interest is there, among the American people, for continuing help for Ukraine? Euromaidan Press looked at that question this week, based on some new polling data.
“Nearly half of Americans think the United States is not doing enough to support Ukraine, according to a new Gallup poll,” per that report. “The consulting firm found that 46% of respondents believe US assistance falls short, while 25% said America is doing too much and 27% consider current support adequate.”
There’s a partisan split: The majority of Democrats believe that the U.S. should support Ukraine more, while Republican voters are split on the question.
Meanwhile, Americans are “widely pessimistic” about a peace deal being reached to end the war.
“ Two-thirds of Americans are very (22%) or somewhat (45%) pessimistic that an agreement between Russia and Ukraine can be reached to end the war, while 31% are optimistic. This pessimism is shared across the major U.S. political groups, although Republicans (57%) are less pessimistic than Democrats (78%) and independents (69%),” the Gallup poll said.
“This skepticism toward a peace deal comes as Americans continue to see the war as a stalemate, with 66% saying neither side is winning, while 23% believe Russia is winning and 10% say Ukraine is.”
3,350 New Missiles
Meanwhile, the State Department announced this week that it has approved a new $825 million arms sale to Ukraine.
“Ukraine will use funding from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway, and Foreign Military Financing from the U.S. for this purchase,” the State Department announcement said.
Kyiv Post looked at the timing of the decision.
“The move comes as Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine, including a deadly night of strikes on the capital that occurred shortly before the sale was announced. The White House offered measured response to Kyiv attack on Wednesday, citing reciprocity. The proposed arms sale deal, which awaits congressional approval, includes 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles and related equipment.”
The Kyiv Post quoted a Trump Administration official as stating that the arms sale is “a clear signal that the US is not abandoning its military support, even as diplomatic avenues appear to have reached an impasse,” following the recent meetings Trump held with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A new report suggests that there may have been a misunderstanding during the meeting with Putin.
Post-Summit Disagreement
According to a report by The Atlantic, there appears to be some disagreement over what Putin agreed to in that Alaska summit.
“There’s mostly confusion at this point,” a top European official told The Atlantic. “It’s not clear what Putin told Witkoff or Trump or if they understood him properly. It’s a puzzle that we’re all trying to solve.”
There was confusion over whether Russia agreed to security guarantees for Ukraine, and if he did, what exactly such guarantees would look like.
“Yet after that flurry of diplomacy, Russia has barely budged from its long-held positions on Ukraine. Putin and Zelensky have not agreed to the joint meeting promised by Trump,” The Atlantic report said. “The fighting does not seem closer to a conclusion; today, Russia struck Kyiv with a barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least 15 people, including children. Instead, European officials say they’ve grown mystified by what exactly Putin promised the Americans behind closed doors, what U.S. officials took away from their discussions with Moscow, and where that leaves the effort to achieve peace.”
The Hill, meanwhile, reported this week that U.S. claims about those security guarantees are “looking empty.”
“The Kremlin has also drawn a red line on any potential involvement of foreign forces in Ukraine, effectively ruling out a security pact similar to NATO’s Article 5, which says an attack on one member is an attack on all.”
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Swamplaw Yankee
August 29, 2025 at 1:21 pm
Selling is NOT the definition of Aid. The op-ed agit-prop that the USA of 2025 is donating generously “AID” to Ukraine by confusing AID with arms sales is Evil! The switch in 2025 to only selling US Arms by the MAGA POTUS Trumpkins is a vicious example of facilitating Putin’s Genocide of Ukrainians. One can easily come up with a NAZI or Bolshevik analogy.
The whole WEST is on red alert for the slightest sign in 2025 that MAGA POTUS Trumpkins slips back to the historic 1945-1951 USA position the then POTUS took on arms sales to the ancient chinese Han with zero ammo and hopelessly fighting the Stalin vassal Mao Tse-Tung. The USA viciously turned on the faithful Chinese allies of the USA in the Second World War right after the Japanese surrendered. For years, the USA worked with Stalin to refuse any ammo sales to the original Chinese (let alone give them free German or Japanese Military hardware rusting away everywhere).
Only when Stalin’s Vassal Mao was ready to kill off the non-communists, did the USA agree to sell a tiny few items at twice or three times the normal selling price. Boy, the non-communist Chinese were suckered in by the State Department big time. -30-
Swamplaw Yankee
September 2, 2025 at 1:25 am
This demented focus of the “peace deal” is now an impediment.
The focus needs to be on Putin’s immediate reparation and compensation for each and every Ukrainian victim since 2014. Then, the return of every square foot of illegally occupied Ukraine that POTUS Obama’s Democrat Cabal unilaterally greenlit in 2014!
Torture, death, mass abductions, tsarling Putin’s inner needs for GenOcide of Ukrainians exceeds anything that the Japanese inflicted on Allied prisoners of war. -30-