Democratic lawmakers are calling out “rogue actors” in the Trump administration over the Pentagon’s halted shipments of certain munitions to Ukraine, insisting many people will die due to the pause.

The paused shipments of air defense missiles and precision munitions, first reported by Politico, was done after a review of the Defense Department’s munitions stockpiles and worries that U.S. armaments stockpiles were dwindling, three people familiar with the issue told the outlet.

Pentagon’s policy chief Elbridge Colby was the main driver in the decision, which came in early June, according to Politico.

“If this is true, then Mr. Colby, who opposed military assistance to Ukraine and even refused to acknowledge that Russia’s actions amounted to an........

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