Ukraine has survived more than three years of Vladimir Putin’s war because of massive western arms supplies, an appreciation and exploitation of Russian military weaknesses, audacious special forces missions and an extraordinarily successful development of home-grown drones.

All these ingredients have helped Kyiv hold off the Russian forces, saved Volodymyr Zelensky from having to capitulate and prevented Putin from marching further into Europe.

The decision to suspend some of the weapon deliveries to Ukraine couldn’t have happened at a worst time

But the balance of power between Russia and Ukraine, which has shifted over the last three years as Putin turned to hypersonic weaponry to strike at Ukrainian cities, has depended on the continuous arms flow from the US and Europe, particularly from the Pentagon.

Now, the hierarchy at the Pentagon has decided that the weapons stocks held for the US armed forces have been reduced to such a dangerous level – as a result of the generous donation of weapons to Kyiv – that key systems are being withheld to give the American defence department a chance to recoup its arsenals to ensure full readiness for war, whenever and wherever it may occur.

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