Us Will 'have To' Send Weapons To Ukraine, Trump Says Days After Pentagon Pause

President Donald Trump connected Monday said that his management would beryllium sending protect weapons to Ukraine truthful nan war-torn state could take sides itself from Russia’s ongoing invasion, an evident turnaround aft nan Pentagon said past week it was pausing specified deliveries.

His comments came arsenic Russian attacks connected Ukraine killed astatine slightest 11 civilians and injured much than 80 others, including 7 children, officials said Monday.

"We person to," Trump said erstwhile questioned astatine nan commencement of a meal he was hosting astatine nan White House for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "They person to beryllium capable to take sides themselves. They’re getting deed very difficult now. We're going to nonstop immoderate much weapons — protect weapons primarily."

President Donald Trump said nan U.S. would beryllium sending protect weapons to Ukraine truthful it could take sides itself from Russia’s ongoing invasion, days aft nan Pentagon said it was pausing specified deliveries. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Russia continues to beforehand and now presently controls conscionable nether a 5th of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, each of Luhansk, nan lion's stock of 3 different regions and slivers of 3 further regions.

Trump's repeated efforts to agent a ceasefire person not been successful, and nan president continued to vent his vexation pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin, who continues to escalate subject actions.

"I'm not happy pinch President Putin astatine all," Trump said.

The Defense Department later said it would send additional defensive weapons to Ukraine at Trump's direction, to guarantee nan Ukrainians tin take sides themselves while efforts proceed to unafraid a lasting peace. 

"Our model for POTUS to measure subject shipments crossed nan globe remains successful effect and is integral to our America First defense priorities," Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said.

Ukraine has been asking Washington to waste it more Patriot missiles and systems that it sees arsenic cardinal to defending its cities from intensifying Russian aerial strikes.

Last week nan Pentagon froze some shipments of captious weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot rocket interceptors and 155 mm artillery shells, astatine a pivotal infinitesimal successful Kyiv’s warfare pinch Russia, Fox News confirmed. According to U.S. subject officials tracking nan shipments, nan weapons were already staged successful Poland earlier nan bid came down. 

Trump continued to definitive vexation pinch Putin while ordering protect weapons shipments to war-torn countries. (Contributor/Getty Images)

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It came arsenic Russia launched its largest aerial onslaught of nan war, astir 500 drones and 60 missiles.

In consequence to Trump’s comments, nan Kremlin said it would request clip to explain nan specifics of U.S. weapons assistance to Ukraine pinch Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said location were galore contradictory statements astir U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine, though it was clear that European weapons deliveries were continuing.

"Obviously, supplies are continuing, that's clear. Obviously, nan Europeans are actively progressive successful pumping Ukraine full of weapons," Peskov said, according to Reuters. "As for what benignant of supplies and successful what quantity Ukraine continues to person from nan United States, it will still return clip to explain this definitively," he added.

Peskov said that Moscow appreciated Trump's efforts to initiate nonstop negotiations betwixt Russia and Ukraine, and that location was important imaginable for restarting Russian-U.S. waste and acquisition and economical relations.

Firefighters activity astatine nan tract of buildings deed by Russian drone strike, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Poltava, Ukraine, July 3, 2025.  (REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy)

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Separately, Russia’s carrier minister Roman Starovoit was recovered dead in what authorities said was an evident termination — news that collapsed hours aft nan Kremlin announced he had been dismissed by Putin, per The Associated Press. Russian media person reported that his dismissal could person been linked to an investigation into nan embezzlement of authorities costs allocated for building fortifications in nan Kursk region, wherever he served arsenic politician earlier being appointed proscription minister.

The firing of Starovoit followed a play of recreation chaos — airports grounded hundreds of flights owed to nan threat of drone attacks from Ukraine. Russian officials did not springiness a logic for his dismissal.

Fox News’ Jasmine Baehr and Jennifer Griffin as good arsenic The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.