The Ukrainian and U.S. national flags fly outside a building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 12, 2025. (Reuters File)
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WASHINGTON – The United States is delivering artillery shells and mobile rocket artillery missiles to Ukraine, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, days after President Donald Trump’s administration had halted shipments of some critical weapons to Kyiv.
The pause in some weapon shipments last week appears to have been tied to concerns that U.S. military stockpiles might be too low, officials had said.
Since then, Trump said he did not know who ordered the pause and that he would send more weapons to Ukraine, primarily defensive ones, to help the war-torn country defend itself against intensifying Russian advances.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 155 mm artillery shells and GMLRS (mobile rocket artillery) missiles were now being provided to Ukraine.
The officials did not say how many weapons were being sent and whether the shipment was complete. It was also unclear whether the new shipment represented any change in policy by the administration.
Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight.
The attack, which follows a series of escalating air assaults on Ukraine in recent weeks, showed the need for “biting” sanctions on the sources of income Russia uses to finance the war, including on those who buy Russian oil, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Telegram.
Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he ordered an expansion of contacts with the United States to ensure critical deliveries of military supplies, primarily air defense.
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(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart; Editing by Chris Reese and Bill Berkrot)
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