US withholding air defense missiles from Ukraine
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration will hold back delivering to Ukraine some air defense missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons as part of its announced pause to some arms shipments amid US concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said.
The details on the weapons in some of the paused deliveries were confirmed by a US official and former national security official familiar with the matter.
They both requested anonymity to discuss what is are being held up as the Pentagon has yet to provide details.
The pause includes some shipments of Patriot missiles, precision-guided GMLRS, Hellfire missiles and Howitzer rounds.
It is a setback for Ukraine, which has faced increasing, and more complex, air barrages from Russia during the more than three-year-long war and as President Donald Trump remains determined to quickly conclude a conflict that he had promised as candidate to end of Day One of his second term.
