The United States temporarily suspended the transfer of a number of weapons to Ukraine, including rockets for air defense systems, artillery and weapons for fighter aircraft. This also applies to deliveries from the territory of Poland that have not been completed.
Weapons for Ukraine, turned from the road/photo: X
The list of weapons was published by military commentator Tom Bowman from American Public Broadcasting (NPR) on his social account X.
According to him, the following remained in the deposits of Poland:
-92 AIM rockets,
-30 rockets for the Patriot system (PAC-3 MSE),
-8,496 155 mm, obusuces,
-142 rockets AGM-114 Hellfire,
-252 GMLRS rockets for Himars MLRS,
-25 extingir rockets,
-125 launchers of portable anti-tank grenades at-4.
The press reported that the decision to stop deliveries was taken in the US in early June, but was only implemented now. Some of the weapons were on the road, but they were returned.
Temporarily blocked weapons include Patriot interception missiles, precision artillery and F-16 aircraft rockets. The US government explained this decision by the need to preserve its own stocks in case of possible crises.
The Ministry of Defense in Ukraine has reported that it has learned about the suspension of the media supply, so it is currently investigating the situation.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andri Sibiga mentioned that only in the last year and a half, Ukraine had only two days without attacks with drones or rocket rockets. In his opinion, any delay in maintaining the defense capacities only encourages the aggressor when continuing terrorism, not in negotiations.
Former CIA director and US Secretary of State during the first term of Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, commented on the situation of suspending important defense deliveries promised to Ukraine.
He wrote about the X network: “Ukraine has never asked America to send the 82nd Aepurited Division; he asked for weapons to defend his homeland and the people of Russian attacks. Allowing Russia to win this war would be an irreparable disaster for the American people and for our security throughout the world.”
The Pompeo Republican, who criticized the Biden administration because he did not support Ukraine, had high hopes for a new presidency of Trump. Even now, his comments are quite reserved, although it seems that they may have a stronger reference.
Pompeo believed that Ukraine was lucky that Trump had been chosen a second time. He remembered the times of his first president:
“The United States was strong, we managed to keep Vladimir Putin under control, despite the fact that CNN and The Washington Post spoke about President Trump as a Russia's puppet.”declares Pompeo.
The former Secretary of State said that, having Trump as president, there will be fewer risks in the Middle East and Europe and that a Republican administration will face the Chinese Communist Party and protect the borders. “With President Trump in power, we will get peace. We will get a good result for the Ukrainian people, and Vladimir Putin will stop the aggression,” said Pompeo.
