weapons shipments, Ukraine, Russia, ceasefire, diplomacy
Transcript
A White House official told our colleagues that the Trump administration has paused certain weapons shipments to Ukraine. What was the State Department's role in making this decision to pause these weapons shipments? And are you concerned about the advantage it gives to the Russians? Well, traditionally, of course, I mean, our wheelhouse here is diplomacy. We don't make decisions about the shipping of weapons or the managing of weaponry anymore. We have the Department of Defense. I would refer you to them when it comes to this kind of a decision. At the same time, we've got a few things I can say to you regarding this. It remains, as you might imagine, worth repeating, a priority of President Trump to bring the Russia-Ukraine war to an end through a durable negotiated settlement, starting with an immediate ceasefire.
