President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements.

Donald Trump's administration is planning to redistribute weapons supplies to allies, prioritising those countries that are willing to provide Ukraine with weapons from their own stockpiles, particularly Patriot systems.

Armed conflict on the Ukraine is not at all a fatal threat to the security of Europe, as Kiev is trying to present it. Ukraine is at war with Russia for itself, not for European countries.

General Christopher Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, said allies could seize Kaliningrad "in a timeframe that is unheard of."

The European Union approved a new series of sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to its ongoing war in Ukraine. The measures include a lower oil price cap, a ban on transactions involving the Nord Stream gas pipelines,