Secretary of the Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the president Donald Trump or white house before authorization Pause about weapon delivery in Ukraine Last week, according to the report.
CNN quoted five sources discovered that HEGSETHINA decision caused an internal “code” Within Trump Administration to understand why it was made and explain PentagonActions to Congress In the Ukrainian government.
Was recorded on Wednesday that the rational pauses were concerned that American defenses were concerned that weapons stocks were too low as they looked to take up weapons to help Iran.
That move came in time when Ukraine was faced with intensified attacks from Russia Against their civilians, it means that US Help Deductions threatens to weaken the ability of Kiev to oppose deadly incoming ballistic missile attacks.
Trump allegedly said that he would restart the shipment at least some ammunition in Ukraine after the news last week, especially overjoyed rockets for Patriot air systems that were already in Poland.
He is then sudden reverse call entirely during a private dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu On Tuesday night, speaking to journalists, “We will send a few more weapons. We must, they must be able to defend themselves.
“They are very affected. Now they are very hard to hit. We will have to send more weapons, defense weapons, first of all, but they affected very, very difficult.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky They told the news ABC earlier in the day that his country counted to US support.
Zelensky said that his armed forces should have a particularly 20,000 anti-drone rockets originally promised, which were first pledged Joe BidenThe administration and said that they were needed to oppose Iranian powded drones that Moscow was raining in his country mass.
According to CNN, Nor State Secretary Marco Rubio Neither American special envoy in Ukraine, Ret. General Keith KelloggThey were informed about pausing the sending of weapons to Eastern Europe.
However, the Kingsley Wilson’s Pentagon Secretary said, “Secretary Hegsetth provided a framework for the president to assess military assistance and assess existing stocks. This effort is coordinated in government.”
Secretary for White House Karoline Leavitt He said the Pentagon spent an overview “to ensure all support for all foreign nations in accordance with American interests” and added that the President “brought the murder in this brutal war, which the Pentagon said they were actively working.”
She added that Trump “has full confidence in the Secretary of Defense.”
Despite Leavitt’s assurance, the incident is the latest for lifting the brow about Hegset’s chaotic mandate that leads Defense Department (DOD).
After nominated for the leading of the Pentagon in November, the heavy hegsetom endured the nomination process in Torrid, in which charges about his drinking IA Cites a sexual assault He came to light, before the Senate finally confirmed him in January.
Only two months in a role, while he owes himself with a leading Purification of the US ArmyThe SignalGate scandal was erupted in which the Trump’s Short-term Safety Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg in the signal group chat in which we distributed to gather the secret information on the upcoming bombing on the Huuthi rebels in Yemen.
In April, New York Times reported that Hegset had Common sensitive material in another group chat It included his wife, a brother and a personal lawyer.
The secretary responded to the story suddenly suspended two senior assistants, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick, as well as Colin Carroll, the chief of staff, accusing them for the leak of classified material.
The accused Trio said that the treatment they received “without relations”, and the investigation later did not find any evidence against them, which allegedly throws a fresh suspicion in Hegset’s verdict in the west wing.
Shortly afterwards, his chief of staff, Joe Kasper and John Ullyot spokesman, were both leaving Dod, creating the perception of the Haos office.
Later reported that Hegset was struggling to find qualified substitutions for his departure staff Due to the apparent reluctance to work with him, with vice president JD Vance And White House Susie Wiles Staff Chief said they were made to help driving employment.