🇺🇸🇺🇦 In a significant shift, the U.S. has paused the transfer of a critical cache of munitions to Ukraine, which had already been staged in Poland and previously approved. NPR confirms the halt comes as the Pentagon conducts an urgent review of diminishing U.S. stockpiles.
📦 The frozen shipment includes:
• 30 Patriot (PAC-3 MSE) surface-to-air missiles
• 92 AIM air-to-air missiles
• 8,496 155mm howitzer artillery shells
• 142 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
• 252 GMLRS precision rockets for HIMARS
• 25 Stinger surface-to-air missiles
• 125 AT-4 anti-armor grenade launchers
This unexpected hold has raised alarm in Kyiv, which is already facing severe artillery shortages on the front lines. Ukrainian diplomats have summoned the U.S. chargé d’affaires for urgent clarification, while analysts warn the delay may hamper Ukraine’s defensive readiness as Russian forces intensify assaults.
