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Pete Hegseth’s order to cancel weapons to Ukraine caught White Home off guard, says report

By Editorial Board Published May 6, 2025 5 Min Read
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Pete Hegseth’s order to cancel weapons to Ukraine caught White Home off guard, says report

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth cancelled navy support to Ukraine with out a direct order from Donald Trump a couple of week after he was sworn in as president, in line with a report.

The pause led to the US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) stopping 11 flights from US bases in Delaware and Qatar which have been loaded with artillery shells and different weaponry and had been sure for Ukraine, in line with Reuters.

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The pause got here as Ukraine’s navy was struggling to struggle off Russian forces in japanese Ukraine and within the consequential battle for Russia’s Kursk area, the place Ukrainian forces have been shedding floor and have since all however been pressured out.

Reuters reported that information it reviewed confirmed Mr Hegseth had given a verbal order to cease the weapons shipments quickly after attending an Oval Workplace assembly on 30 January, the place chopping navy support to Kyiv was mentioned, however Mr Trump didn’t give an instruction to cease it.

The president was unaware of Mr Hegseth’s order, as have been different high nationwide safety officers within the assembly, Reuters mentioned.

Inside every week – 5 February, the navy flights have been again within the air.

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‘Some locations are by no means on the market’

Requested to touch upon the report, the White Home informed Reuters that Mr Hegseth had adopted a directive from President Trump to pause support to Ukraine, which it mentioned was the administration’s place on the time.

It didn’t clarify why, in line with those that spoke to Reuters, high nationwide safety officers within the regular decision-making course of didn’t know concerning the order or why it was so swiftly reversed.

‘Advanced and fluid state of affairs’

“Negotiating an end to the Russia-Ukraine War has been a complex and fluid situation. We are not going to detail every conversation among top administration officials throughout the process,” mentioned White Home spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.

“The bottom line is the war is much closer to an end today than it was when President Trump took office.”

It’s unclear if Mr Trump subsequently questioned or reprimanded Mr Hegseth.

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Trump security adviser Mike Waltz

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Why Trump fired Waltz – however saved Hegseth

Mr Hegseth and different high US officers, together with nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz, got here below fireplace in March after a journalist was by accident added to a bunch chat the place they mentioned plans to conduct airstrikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.

Waltz finally intervened

Reuters reported Mr Waltz finally intervened to reverse the navy support cancellations. Mr Waltz was pressured out final Thursday and has been nominated as US ambassador to the United Nations.

The cancellations value TRANSCOM $2.2m (£1.6m), in line with the information reviewed by Reuters. In response to a request for remark, TRANSCOM mentioned that the entire value was $1.6m (£1.2m) – 11 flights have been cancelled however one incurred no cost.

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An order halting navy support authorised below the Biden administration went into impact formally a month later, on 4 March, when the White Home made an announcement.

Regardless of the transient pause in February and the longer one which started in early March, the Trump administration has resumed sending the final of the help accredited below Mr Biden. No new coverage has been introduced.

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