Pentagon halts some weapons shipments to Ukraine over concerns about US stockpiles

The Pentagon has frozen selected shipments of critical weapons to Ukraine including Patriot missile interceptors and mm artillery shells at a pivotal moment in Kyiv s war with Russia Fox News has authenticated According to U S military bureaucrats tracking the shipments the weapons were already staged in Poland before the order came down The halt was driven by Under Secretary of Defense for Initiative Elbridge Colby after a review of U S munitions stockpiles that exhibited dangerously low reserves Politico first stated This was made to put America s interests first White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly noted n a comment also shared with Fox News Digital The strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned just ask Iran TRUMP SHARES SYMPATHETIC EXCHANGE WITH UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST WHOSE HUSBAND IS FIGHTING IN WARColby a principal Trump defense official and architect of the National Defense Strategy has long pushed for a hard shift toward countering China over continued involvement in Ukraine Before rejoining the Pentagon he led The Marathon Initiative and authored The Strategy of Denial a widely cited blueprint for great power competition According to Politico the withheld arms include air defense munitions precision-guided shells and Hellfire missiles used by Ukrainian F- s A senior defense official narrated Politico the Pentagon s review revealed that stockpiles of Patriot interceptors precision-guided mm shells and other critical munitions had dropped to levels deemed insufficient to meet U S contingency plans The Army has already quietly quadrupled its procurement targets for Patriot interceptors but defense analysts say replenishment will take time OPINION CONTAINING IRAN MEANS CRUSHING THEIR NUCLEAR AMBITIONS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATEOver the weekend Russia launched its largest aerial attack of the war nearly drones and missiles Ukraine s air defenses various U S -made remain strained CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAfter meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the NATO summit Trump noted They do want to have the anti-missile missiles We re going to see if we can make specific available Remaining funds from the Biden administration are expected to run out in the coming months