US pauses military aid to Kyiv after Trump-Zelensky bust-up

The Ukrainian parliament's national security and defense committee held a closed-door meeting to discuss the halt of US military aid

- Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump ordered a pause to all US military aid to Ukraine, turning up the heat on Volodymyr Zelensky days after an Oval Office blowup with the Ukrainian president left support from his country's most important ally in doubt.

The US is holding up all pending military assistance until Trump determines Ukraine's leaders demonstrate a good-faith commitment to peace, according to a senior Defence Department official, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.

The administration will also review the aid to make sure it's contributing to a solution to the conflict, a White House official said. The order applies to all US military equipment not currently in Ukraine, including weapons in transit on aircraft and ships or waiting in transit areas in Poland.

While the extent of the affected weapons isn't immediately known, Trump had inherited from former President Joe Biden the authority to deliver $3.85 billion in weapons from US stockpiles.