WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv.

The United States has suspended the supply of Patriot missiles and other critical ammunition to Ukraine, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources, with White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly subsequently confirming the development to reporters.

At the annual NATO summit, members of the alliance agreed to increase the minimum defense spending to 5% by 2035. The current minimum is 2% of GDP, a number that several states do not reach.

THE HAGUE—NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insisted Monday that Ukraine would have the alliance leaders’ ears and full attention despite their members-only working session during the Hague summit, which will formally kick off today amid a geopolitical storm fueled by tension over Iran.

The United States will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.

MOSCOW, June 8. /TASS/. Russian troops have reached the western border of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and are advancing in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

Ukraine said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula with explosives planted underwater, in its third attack on the vital supply line for Moscow’s forces since the full-scale war began in 2022.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted a large-scale drone attack deep inside Russian territory on Sunday that targeted several Russian airfields.

Update(0937ET): Press pool reporters were left frustrated Tuesday afternoon when during a State Department briefing the Trump admin spokesperson refused to comment on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's announcement that the United States and European allies had lifted "absolutely" all restrictions on the range of arms sent to Ukraine.

BERLIN — Germany and its key allies have lifted range restrictions on weapons sent to Ukraine allowing Kyiv to hit targets inside Russia with no external limits, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday.

President Donald Trump said a truce to halt the war in Ukraine could be on the horizon as he urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to “stop shooting, sit down and sign a deal.”

A top Russian military commander was killed by a car bomb near Moscow. The attack happened just hours before US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned.

Peace in Ukraine is “out of reach in the immediate future,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned Friday as allies pledged a record €21 billion in new military aid to Kyiv.

The US and Russian presidents have also found common ground on curbing strategic weapons proliferation

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was waiting for the details of the talks between the US and Ukraine that were held in Saudi Arabia a day earlier before responding to the proposed 30-day ceasefire.

The Trump administration has lifted its pause on military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine following talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

The US and Ukraine will give it another try, after the 'missiles for minerals' deal has faltered amid President Zelensky's resistance to signing the deal, and the big diplomatic blow-up and spat of last Friday.

On Tuesday night, President Trump said in his address to a joint session of Congress that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sent him a letter that said Ukraine was ready to work toward peace with the US.

President Trump on Monday slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for saying the end of the Ukraine war is “very, very far away” as the two leaders remain at odds after their argument in the Oval Office.