The United States has temporarily suspended the delivery of some military aid to Ukraine as part of the Pentagon's standard procedure for reviewing support provided to other countries.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced this at a briefing.
Answering the question of whether the decision to suspend aid to Ukraine was made by Trump or the Pentagon, Leavitt replied: "No, neither is true."
"This was a standard Pentagon review of all weapons, all aid, and all support that the United States provides to all countries and all regions of the world, not just Ukraine. When the Secretary of Defense took office, he instructed the Pentagon to conduct this review to ensure that everything going out the door was in America's interest," she stressed.
Leavitt explained that the new US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, decided to conduct an audit of the weapons provided after his appointment to make sure that the assistance meets Washington's interests.
"So, this is a a pause to make sure that everything the Pentagon is pushing out is in the interest of our military, our men and women in uniform," the White House spokeswoman emphasized, stressing that this is only a temporary pause.
On July 1, the media reported on the partial suspension of US military supplies to Ukraine. The White House explained this by checking whether it meets the national interests of the United States.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on July 4, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation. Zelenskyy discussed Ukraine's air defense with Trump.
Meanwhile, Trump said that he was "helping" Ukraine a lot.
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