On 1 July 2025, it became known about the Pentagon’s decision to suspend some arms deliveries to Ukraine. NBC News quoted sources in the Defence Ministry and the US Congress as saying that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth had ordered this. Dozens of missiles for Patriot air defence systems, thousands of 155 mm artillery shells, more than 100 Hellfire guided missiles, more than 250 ammunition for GMLRS rocket systems, as well as Stinger surface-to-air missiles, AIM air-to-air missiles and grenade launchers are under the restrictions.
According to NBC News and Politico, the measure was prompted by concerns about the level of the US’ own military stockpile. The White House confirmed the information, explaining that ‘the decision was made to put America’s interests first.’ This is about the need to maintain critical weapons stocks in the context of global instability and growing tensions in various regions of the world.
Earlier, on 25 June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the issue of additional deliveries of Patriot systems at a meeting with Donald Trump in The Hague. The talks failed to yield concrete agreements. Trump, commenting on the outcome of the meeting, said that the US has a limited number of such systems and that they are needed primarily for its own needs.
