Russia has intensified its air assault against Ukraine since the United States froze an air defense shipment, citing a waning weapons stockpile earlier this week.

The White House said the decision to halt some weapons deliveries to Kyiv was made "to put America's interests first."

The reactions to the Trump administration’s decision to pause some weapons shipments to Ukraine couldn’t be more illustrative of the conflict: welcomed by the Kremlin, branded “inhumane” by Kyiv.