Trump orders suspension of US military aid to Ukraine: Official

The Trump administration has ordered a halt on future military aid shipments to Ukraine, a US official said on Monday.

“We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution,” a White House official said.

This decision came after a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump’s top national security advisors. It follows a tense exchange between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office just days earlier.

The White House official said that Trump had made it clear that he was focused on peace. “We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well,” the official said.

Bloomberg reported that all US military equipment not currently in Ukraine would be paused, including weapons in transit on aircraft and ships or waiting in transit areas in Poland. It added that Trump ordered Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to execute the pause.

The reports come hours after Trump said at the White House that he had not discussed suspending military aid to Ukraine, but added that Zelenskyy “should be more appreciative” of Washington’s support.

Nearly three years into the war, Washington has committed billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine.