The Pentagon has halted some shipments of air protection missiles and different precision munitions to Ukraine over issues that US stockpiles are too low, two folks conversant in the choice stated on Tuesday (Jul 1).
The slowing of some weapons shipments promised to Kyiv by former President Joe Biden’s administration got here in current days, they stated, including that air protection interceptors to assist knock down Russian drones and projectiles are among the many gadgets delayed.
In an e mail, the Pentagon stated it was offering President Donald Trump with choices to proceed army support to Ukraine according to the objective of ending Russia’s struggle there.
“On the similar time, the division is rigorously inspecting and adapting its method to reaching this goal whereas additionally preserving US forces’ readiness for administration protection priorities,” stated Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary for coverage.
Russia, which already controls a couple of fifth of Ukraine, continues to advance regularly, gaining floor in current weeks in Ukraine’s southeastern areas of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, and ramping up air assaults nationwide.
All weapons support was briefly paused in February with a second longer pause in March. The Trump administration resumed sending the final of the help authorised beneath Biden.
No new coverage has been introduced.
Politico reported the pause on Tuesday.
