A Democratic congressman has rejected the Pentagon’s claims that it halted shipments of U.S. military weapons and munitions to Ukraine over concerns about dwindling American stockpiles.
Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, told NBC News the U.S. isn’t facing a worrying shortage of weapons and suggested the decision is part of a broader agenda to cut military aid to the country fighting off Russia’s invasion.
“We are not at any lower point, stockpile-wise, than we’ve been in the three and a half years of the Ukraine conflict,” Smith said. The Washington lawmaker added that his staff has “seen the numbers” of available stockpiles, and they do not justify suspending aid to Ukraine.
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