Hegseth Accused of More Chaos After Sudden Ukraine Aid Halt

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The embattled secretary of defense was revealed to have caused confusion on three continents with a verbal order to ground planes flying military supplies to Ukraine without anyone else—possibly including President Donald Trump—knowing.

The report, by Reuters, detailed how an order from his office at the end of January led to 11 flights carrying materiel, including artillery shells, being kept on the ground in Qatar. In a matter of hours, Ukrainian authorities began to panic about the whereabouts of the critical aid—with confusion spreading from Europe back to the White House, where senior officials had no idea what was happening. In later conversations with Kyiv, the Trump administration explained the momentary pause as “internal politics,” Reuters reported.