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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“Something is off regarding this article.”
What’s off is the fact that no one in Trump’s administration, including Trump, is pissed at Hegseth...which tells me that the article is BS.
I trust Hegseth’s judgment over “Democratic House Representative Adam Smith.”
“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...”
How the hell does ANYONE know what we need for wars that haven’t even started? All I know is that we have been DRAWING DOWN our stocks, BIG TIME for Ukraine, which, simply put, CANNOT be a good thing if we do get into wars.
“This decision surprised the State Department”
If this decision truly did “surprise” the snakes in the State Dept., then I am convinced it was a good move.
“And I’m just as sure that our strategic oil reserves are great too!”
Pretty good, but also room left to add more:
“The current level of US Crude Oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Stocks is 402.76M, up from 402.53M last week and up from 372.20M one year ago”
I think they can hold a little over 640M. There are four sites.
Trump is trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Of course, we need to stop sending Ukraine weapons.
Drones are part of the new artillery.
“How the hell does ANYONE know what we need for wars that haven’t even started? All I know is that we have been DRAWING DOWN our stocks, BIG TIME for Ukraine, which, simply put, CANNOT be a good thing if we do get into wars.”
We also need to know how much is being produced at what rate so we have both sides of the equation.
HOORAY Pete Hegseth!
I’m no expert but it looks fake. They said no one was killed, though 40+ were wounded. That doesn’t make sense given the photo either.
Sorry Congressman...that's not how it works.
Be still my heart!
Hope it peters out to “nothing” asap.
It sounds like some folks need firing.
Got a Postcard From Zelensky.
LOL.
That info is probably classified.
Yeah, you’re right and the numbers are the job of someone who knows a lot more about it than we do.
Ukrainian news, eh? Guaranteed no bias on their part I am sure. Ukrainian population of males 16 to 60 = 9.46 million, Russian population of males 16 to 60 = 48.2 million as of 2023. Russians don’t care how many of their soldiers die and have potentially five times as many as Ukraine.
No need to be involved in a war when neither combatant is our enemy.
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