Overview

• The pause affects shipments of Patriot air-defense missiles, precision artillery rounds and other previously pledged ordnance bound for Kyiv.
• Defense Secretary Elbridge Colby ordered the halt after a June assessment found US munitions stocks at critically low levels.
• White House deputy spokesperson Anna Kelly emphasized that the move prioritizes American national interests following the Pentagon review.
• Kyiv summoned Deputy US Ambassador John Ginkel to its foreign ministry to seek clarification and warned any delay could embolden Russian forces.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow hailed the suspension as bringing Moscow closer to ending its “military special operation” in Ukraine.