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The Pentagon said it is reviewing the delivery of weapons to allies around the world, as reports grow from concerns about the inventory of decisive ammunition, including anti -air missiles.

This announcement came after the White House confirmed that it limits weapons delivery to Ukraine, “putting the interests of America first after reviewing the Ministry of Defense to support and our military assistance to other countries around the world.”

It is believed that these weapons include both offensive microfinances such as long -range HIMARS missiles and 155 mm artillery shells, and air control defensive missiles that are necessary to defend Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure from Russian missile attacks.

Kremlin’s strikes were condemned by most Western leaders, including Donald Trump, who last week told Ukrainian journalist that he would search for ways to hand over more national missiles to Ukraine.

Instead on Tuesday, the delivery of Patriot missiles and other ammunition was stopped due to a partially inspired by the Ministry of Defense by spending hundreds of air defense missiles, the United States, which were used to help protect Israeli cities as well as the country from Iranian bombing during the war last month.

On Wednesday, the Pentagon confirmed that his review of US weapons issued can affect countries other than Ukraine, according to Sean Barnil, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, who said the review continues. It was not clear whether this could include Israel, which buys 68 % of its foreign weapons from the United States.

Barnell’s comments came during a briefing in which he defended the review and stopping the delivery of ammunition to Ukraine, but he refused to discuss the specific ammunition that was kept.

He said: “A capacity review is made to ensure that American military aid is compatible with our defense priorities, and we will not provide any updates for specific quantities or types of ammunition that are provided to Ukraine, or time tables associated with these transfers.” “We see this as a logical pragmatic step … to assess the ammunition that is sent and where. But we want to be very clear about this last point. Let’s know that our army has everything that needs to be made any mission anywhere, at any time, all over the world.”

On Wednesday, Kiev warned that stopping shipments from the United States would weaken her ability to defend against the intensification of air strikes and progress in the battlefield.

Ukraine said it called to the American envoy to Kiev to emphasize the importance of military aid from Washington, and warned that any pieces would encourage Russia in its war in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “The Ukrainian side stressed that any delay or procrastination in supporting the defense capabilities in Ukraine will only encourage the aggressor to continue the war and terrorism, instead of peace.”

The review is said to be under the Minister of Policy Defense, Elberbridge Colby, who leads a group of foreign policy thinkers who believe that the United States should redirect resources from Europe and the Middle East to combat the threat posed by China. The so -called previous inflammation has strong allies in the Republican Party, including Vice President JD Vance, who was a prominent critic of American aid to Ukraine.

“For a long time, four years under the Biden administration, we were giving up weapons and ammunition without really thinking about our number.” Barnil said. “I think this president was elected to put this country first and defend the homeland, and then, you are with … turned into the Indian Pacific Ocean. Part of our mission is to give the president a framework that he can use to assess the number of munitions we have and where we send it.”

Reuters contributed to the reports