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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n The Trump<\/a> administration will hold back delivering to Ukraine<\/a> some air defense missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons as part of its announced pause to some arms shipments amid U.S. concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said.<\/p>\n The details on the weapons in some of the paused deliveries were confirmed by a U.S. official and former national security official familiar with the matter. They both requested anonymity to discuss what is are being held up as the Pentagon<\/a> has yet to provide details.<\/p>\n The pause includes some shipments of Patriot missiles, precision-guided GMLRS, Hellfire missiles and Howitzer rounds.<\/p>\n