Posted on 07/05/2025 1:28:22 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth unilaterally suspended military aid to Ukraine for the third time, despite military conclusions that there was no threat to US stockpiles. This decision surprised the State Department, Congress, and European allies, drawing bipartisan criticism.
The suspension of military aid to Ukraine was a unilateral step by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, citing three congressional aides and a former US official familiar with the matter, NBC News reports, writes UNN.
"The Department of Defense (US) this week delayed the delivery of American weapons to Ukraine due to, according to officials, concerns about its low stockpiles. But an analysis by senior military officers showed that the aid package would not jeopardize the American military's own ammunition supplies, according to three US officials," the publication states.
The move to halt arms supplies, as the publication writes, "surprised the State Department, members of Congress, officials in Kyiv, and European allies," as reported by numerous sources familiar with the matter.
Among the critics of this decision were Republicans and Democrats who support aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
"We are not at some lower point, in terms of stockpiles, than we were during 3.5 years of conflict in Ukraine," Democratic House Representative Adam Smith, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, told NBC News.
Smith said his staff "saw the numbers" and, without going into detail, that there were no signs of shortages that would justify suspending aid to Ukraine.
"A senior Pentagon official, Elbridge Colby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (US) for Policy, supported these steps," sources said. Colby has long advocated for reducing US involvement in Ukraine and shifting weapons and resources to the Pacific region to counter China, the publication notes.
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Bravo! A big step in the right direction.
The media is trying out a new scary word.
In other words after the successful bombing mission in Iran they really do see Pete as a true threat to the establishment. Zelenskyy wants 40 billion a year to fight a proxy war with Russia.
GOOD!
Ya. It’s not working
Anyway, Look at the source.
And I'm just as sure that our strategic oil reserves are great too!
I swear I read article(s) when Biden was POTUS, that stated our supplies were dangerously low.
“We better start protecting our own supplies.”
Absolutely. China has plans for Taiwan, the Philippines and the US, so the EU and UK had better pony up instead of everyone whining that the US isn’t helping.
The US has thrown enough money down the Uke toilet.
Means more and more for Americans.
Something is off regarding this article.
As reported by: The Ukrainian National News...
Israel used up a lot of US-made weapons in recent months.
The potential needs of Israel must be taken into account.
There are lots of Americans living in Israel, my guess is about 500,000, most with Israeli citizenship too.
Comparatively few Americans live in Ukraine.
Ukraine can ask Trump to negotiate on its behalf, subject to Duma ratification.
“Hegseth is far outperforming Bindi and Patel, combined”
On stage ya
Bondi just put together that Supreme Court appeal that got the judiciary off Trump’s back
Trump gave her credit. So am I
As for Patel, The military is quite compliant in terms of systemic and personnel changes in comparison with any other division of the government
Good!
Finally, a Pete with Balls.
And as the Zeepers tell us, Ukes Never Lie, so this report is absolutely certain to be true.
Probably backlash from the Obama Generals and Deep State Pentagon Branch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ZrbDIE8u8
861 more drones in two days……Vlad has been hammering Ukraine, today, western Ukraine getting the Neo Nazi treatment.
The War mongers are upset
Twitter has been taken over by War Mongers today.
I can find no agreement with the decision of the Secretary of Defense by any Twitter posts.
Whenever I see an account with a Ukraine flag on it, I ignore the post.
“today, western Ukraine getting the Neo Nazi treatment.”
Putin is an evil dictator getting rich off the backs of working Russians but that is the first I have seen calling him a nazi.
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