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Pentagon chief Hegseth unilaterally halts military aid to Ukraine - NBC News
UNN - Ukrainian National News ^ | July 4, 2025 | Staff

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at unn.ua ...


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To: Navy Patriot

Go, Pete!

America First.


41 posted on 07/05/2025 2:34:18 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: delta7
Yep, I got a postcard from Zelensky in Kiev:

It says: "Wish you were here".

42 posted on 07/05/2025 2:35:39 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Lindsey Graham: “I was NOT consulted about this baffling decision!”. (sarc)


43 posted on 07/05/2025 2:38:54 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Navy Patriot

Ukrainian National News, sounds legit.

/s


44 posted on 07/05/2025 2:45:42 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
“Never believe anything until it's been officially denied’’.- Otto Von Bismark.
45 posted on 07/05/2025 2:50:27 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Navy Patriot; All

The Military Services saying “we have enough” must be put into context...especially by Pentagon leadership.

They will report “we have enough” in reaction to a given CONTINGENCY.

Now, if you give them the Contingency of general war with China, they will most certainly say “we are way, way short”.


46 posted on 07/05/2025 2:51:55 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Navy Patriot

The materials(btw were never identified)that were denied instead got sent to Israel.

The folks i am followung are saying the ceasefire is being used to rearm both sides.

Israel has a long tradition of violating these agreements as they wish and are seldom punished for doing it

This mess isnt over by a long shot. In fact, its just starting.

I fully expect an attack here on US in the near future. Of course, it will be blamed on Iran so the US will join in attscking Iran again.

Until we get one of our aircraft shot down over Iran and the surviving aircrewmen get marched on the streets Tehran most Americans will go in like nothing happened. Thats all about to happen.

We are being manipulated on scale greater than anything we faced during Covid19 scandemic.


47 posted on 07/05/2025 3:04:54 PM PDT by MRBIGMUTTS (IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE THEN YOU WILL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT)
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To: Navy Patriot

Yep, I got a postcard from Zelensky in Kiev:
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Most have absolutely no idea how hard they are getting hammered, but then the usual Ukie supporters still think Ukraine is somehow winning.

There is a lot more video on the NON Western media sites. Censorship still rules western MSM…..post war analysis will be stunning.


48 posted on 07/05/2025 3:08:57 PM PDT by delta7
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To: All
Gee, are the warmongers in the House and Senate going to have to pay back their more recent bribes from Zelenskyy? and if they do, will the refunds go to Zelenskyy or back into the US Treasury?

(Of course I'm joking... The Senators and Representatives would never give back their ill gotten gains.)

49 posted on 07/05/2025 3:31:35 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: ek_hornbeck

In addition to the bank statements, the stranger who wants your money doesn’t know that you have many credit cards run up to the max and you’re paying top interest rates on them. That is just like the USA giving money out all over the world when we have a multi trillion dollar debt on which we’re paying interest.


50 posted on 07/05/2025 3:36:38 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Navy Patriot

shipload of duct tape
some old episodes of red green
should be able to make do with what they have


51 posted on 07/05/2025 3:40:41 PM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: pepsi_junkie
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth unilaterally suspended military aid to Ukraine .... This decision surprised the State Department, Congress, and European allies

I guarantee you that the decision was made by Trump, not Hegseth. Was Rubio surprised or is it just the deepstate bureaucracy you still think they own Ukraine policy.

52 posted on 07/05/2025 3:41:14 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: pepsi_junkie

I assure you that Rubio was not surprised. He is not only SecState but also National Security Advisor.


53 posted on 07/05/2025 3:42:34 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Navy Patriot

Ukrainian National News “

Yeah ok.


54 posted on 07/05/2025 3:47:36 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Navy Patriot

I don’t believe anything in this article.


55 posted on 07/05/2025 3:48:55 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: Navy Patriot

regardless of any of our views about Ukraine, pro con neutral or apathetic,

no defense secretary would do this without direction or approval from the current POTUS. None


56 posted on 07/05/2025 3:56:02 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: delta7

“Censorship still rules western MSM”


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57 posted on 07/05/2025 4:17:06 PM PDT by TexasGator (/i.. logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: Navy Patriot

good for pete


58 posted on 07/05/2025 4:53:24 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: Navy Patriot

“Pentagon chief Hegseth unilaterally halts military aid to Ukraine”

Explains why Trump just FIRED HEGSETH. Oh, wait, he’s still there? Must be that Trump approves of ending military aid.


59 posted on 07/05/2025 5:09:25 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Navy Patriot

“But an analysis by senior <(wallet padding) military officers showed that the aid package would not jeopardize the American military’s own ammunition supplies, according to three US officials...”

If they don’t have names, they are nobody.


60 posted on 07/05/2025 5:11:18 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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