The freeze will likely force Ukraine to ration ammunition and scale back operations, though the exact timeline of halted deliveries remains unclear. A former Trump administration official told Politico that the White House had not submitted any new military aid requests and claimed remaining Biden-era supplies would last Ukraine "a few more

The White House said the decision to halt some weapons deliveries to Kyiv was made "to put America's interests first."

On Tuesday the White House said that it had cut off some weapons deliveries to Ukraine in order "to put America's interests first".