Ukrainian lawmaker says Trump military aid pause looks like attempt to push Kyiv towards capitulation

KYIV (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's intermission of each subject assistance to Ukraine looks similar helium is trying to propulsion Kyiv towards capitulation connected Russia's terms, a elder Ukrainian lawmaker said connected Tuesday.

"To halt assistance present means to assistance (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," Oleksandr Merezhko, the seat of Ukraine's Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, told Reuters.

"On the surface, this looks truly bad. It looks similar helium is pushing america towards capitulation, meaning (accepting) Russia's demands," helium said.

The assistance intermission came aft Trump upended U.S. argumentation connected Ukraine and Russia upon taking bureau successful January, adopting a much conciliatory stance towards Moscow.

It besides follows an explosive confrontation with Zelenskiy astatine the White House connected Friday successful which Trump accused him of being insufficiently grateful for Washington's backing successful the warfare with Russia.

"The main happening is that this a intelligence blow, a governmental stroke upon Ukraine, it doesn't assistance our spirit" Merezhko said.

He compared the assistance stoppage to the Munich Agreement of 1938, erstwhile Nazi Germany was allowed to annex portion of Czechoslovakia.

"This is worse than Munich, due to the fact that astatine slightest determination they didn't effort to overgarment Czechoslovakia arsenic the aggressor, but present they effort to impeach the unfortunate of aggression - it is highly dangerous."

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Andrew Heavens)