The Pentagon has halted shipments of critical US Patriot air defence systems and other precision weapons to Ukraine after concern that US stockpiles are running too low, prompting alarm in Kyiv.

At the end of last week’s Nato summit, Donald Trump hinted that supplies of Patriot missile interceptors were running down because some had been supplied to Israel, though he suggested he would like to help Kyiv.

After a meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the US president acknowledged that Ukraine did “want to have the anti-missile systems, as they call the Patriots, and we’re going to see if we can make some available”.

But Trump added: “They’re very hard to get. We need them. We were supplying them to Israel,” implying that supporting Israel in its war with Iran – a priority for the Republican administration – had set back its willingness to help Kyiv.

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    18 hours ago

    Then trump tear off the deal as a pressure iran enchriched to 60%

    Why did Iran enrich uranium to 60% at tremendous cost in underground bunkers? Again this isn’t hearsay or propaganda. Iran has said they did this.

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      18 hours ago

      Why didn’t they enrich over 60% despite no longer having the obligation to respect terms of a shut down deal? Again usa inteligence said they are not persuing nuclear weapon. You know bettwr than them