The United States has begun resending weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon said some deliveries should be paused, the Ukrainian president’s office confirmed Thursday.
At the beginning of July, the Pentagon halted shipments of some air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine because of worries that U.S. weapons stockpiles had fallen too low.
The decision to withhold some military aid came as Ukraine faced some of the largest Russian attacks since the beginning of the war.
On Wednesday night, Kyiv was hit by a massive Russian strike, killing two people and wounding 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced. On Wednesday, six Russian ballistic missiles made it past air defenses, as Ukraine deals with a shortage of the U.S. Patriot missiles it needs to stop them.
U.S. President Donald Trump had promised to reinstate weapons shipments to Ukraine this week after his secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, reportedly authorized the halt without informing the White House. POLITICO reported Tuesday night that the decision was made on a recommendation by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s policy chief.
“Putin is not treating human beings right. So we’re sending some defensive weapons, and I’ve approved that,” Trump told journalists Tuesday.
