US EditionUkraine Weapons Freeze Causes Concern
- In early July 2024, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unilaterally ordered a pause on shipments of military equipment to Ukraine, citing low stockpile concerns.
- This decision surprised the State Department, members of Congress, Ukraine, and European allies, and was reportedly driven by Undersecretary Elbridge Colby amid a broader Pentagon review.
- Senior military officials concluded that continuing shipments would not reduce U.S. military readiness, and the paused aid included air-defense missiles and precision artillery rounds.
- On July 3, President Trump expressed frustration after an hour-long call with Putin, denying any official pause by stating, "we haven't" paused shipments and reaffirmed ongoing support for Ukraine.
- The controversy led to calls for congressional investigation, emphasized the need to sustain Ukrainian defense, and suggested the pause, if still active, would soon end amid intensified Russian attacks.
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In the partial US weapons stop for Ukraine there was apparently chaos in the White House: Trump Minister Hegseth is said to have acted on his own.
What'll it take for Hegseth to get booted and for Sen. Wicker to apologize for OKing him as DefSec?
This is an updated version of piece that first appeared in The Journal of Uncharted Blue Places Over the weekend, it transpired that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had in a July 2 memo unilaterally stopped shipments of some weapons to Ukraine. This in...
WSJ: Trump Told Zelenskyy He Didn’t Order Weapons Pause
President Donald Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart that he did not order the pause in weapons to the war-torn country, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. In a phone call Friday, Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he ordered a review of weapons stockpiles but not the freeze on munitions to Ukraine, according to the Journal. Three days later, Trump told reporters at the White House that "we have to" send more weapons …
White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt denied that the United States purposefully halted arms supplies to Ukraine amid Russia's large-scale attacks, calling it a “pause” for a standard review of available weapons.
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