Ukraine left scrambling after U.S. says it is halting some arms shipments

Kyiv has long feared halts to U.S. aid after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, having criticized the tens of billions of dollars in support and weapons sent by his predecessor, Joe Biden. The foreign ministry summoned John Ginkel, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, in a rare diplomatic move that is usually reserved for foes and rivals, not vital allies, such is the uncertainty about what the cuts would mean for Kyiv. "The fewer the number of weapons that are delivered to Ukraine, the closer the end of the special military operation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to a question by AFP, using Russia's term for its more than three-year-long offensive.