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Reports indicate defense secretary unilaterally acted to halt shipment even as Pentagon suggested US arsenal is stocked

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, unilaterally halted an agreed shipment of military aid to Ukraine due to baseless concerns that US stockpiles of weapons have run too low, it has been reported.

A batch of air defense missiles and other precision munitions were due to be sent to Ukraine to aid it in its ongoing war with Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022. The aid was promised by the US during Joe Biden’s administration last year.

But the Pentagon halted the shipment, with NBC reporting that a decision to do so was made solely by Hegseth, Donald Trump’s top defense official and a former Fox News weekend host who has previously come under pressure for sharing plans of a military strike in two group chats on the messaging app Signal, one of which accidentally included a journalist.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 39 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

The reason behind this action is textbook treason. Who told him to do this and why? Questions we all should be asking.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 18 hours ago

Jack! Uhhh Daniel..son. Jack Danielson. It was absolute vodkaly not any Russian.

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 37 points 20 hours ago

So he lied? Can we just call a lie a lie? If not now, when?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 29 points 20 hours ago

Trump's first impeachment was about withholding military aid from Ukraine. Nothing came of that, and nothing will come of this. Republicans don't care about the law.

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

So Pigseth lied. What’s new?

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 4 points 19 hours ago

No way. I’m so surprised.