Pentagon chief suspended arms supplies to Kyiv based on memo from top policy official

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth decided to suspend some weapons supplies to Kyiv after receiving a memo from Elbridge Colby, US under secretary of defense for policy, the Wall Street Journal noted, Report informs.

According to the newspaper, the memo that Colby sent to Hegseth in early June outlined "how Ukraine’s requests for US weapons could further stretch already depleted Pentagon stockpiles."

The memo didn’t have a recommendation but figured in the Pentagon’s decision to suspend some arms shipments to Kyiv, the paper notes.

The Wall Street Journal points out that Colby’s memo indicates his "push to make good on years of US vows to boost its military position in the Western Pacific" as Colby favors limiting US obligations outside Asia to focus on countering China.

The under secretary of defense for policy is playing "a pivotal role" in the crafting of a new US defense strategy that will set spending and force deployment goals for years to come, the Wall Street Journal writes.