It has become known who in the United States decided to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine

US Defence Secretary Pete Gegseth has decided to suspend arms deliveries to Ukraine without notifying the White House in advance, sources tell CNN.

According to the publication, US President Donald Trump said that he was not responsible for the move and confirmed that his country would continue to provide defence assistance to Ukraine. When asked who authorised the suspension of supplies, Trump replied, "I don't know".

According to sources, the suspension of supplies was the second time this year that again Gegseth decided to halt military supplies to Ukraine. Initially a similar decision was made in February, but it was soon cancelled.

High-profile US administration officials, including special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are also not known to have been notified of the suspension of supplies.

Pentagon spokesman Kingsley Wilson commented on the situation, noting that Gegseth was preparing information for the president to assess military aid deliveries and the status of weapons stockpiles and probably suspended the deliveries because of this. The sources added that Gegseth did not inform the White House of his decision because "he does not have close advisers who could help coordinate such steps with other government agencies."

It is known that last month, during preparations for the NATO summit, Trump requested information from the defence secretary about US arsenals amid the escalating situation in the Middle East. However, as it turned out, the President did not give instructions to stop arms deliveries to Ukraine as part of this analysis.

Pentagon representatives say that the suspension of deliveries was caused by a shortage of military stockpiles in the USA. At the same time, as CNN's interlocutors emphasise, information about the critical arms shortage was not provided to Congress.

According to recent reports, the Pentagon suspended deliveries of several types of weapons, including missiles for air defence systems and precision munitions, citing depletion of stocks. At the same time, in March Ukraine received almost 90% of the promised US military supplies.

We will remind, on July 4, Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, discussing air defence. Already on 8 July, Trump announced his intention to send Ukraine additional weapons.