President Donald Trump pledged on Monday evening to send more weapons to aid Ukraine’s war against Russia, marking a reversal of the Pentagon’s decision last week to pause some military aid to Kyiv. “We’re going to send some more weapons.

The Pentagon said last week the pause was necessary while the US reviews its stockpiles and weighs the need to save weapons for other threats.

President Trump spoke on Thursday for more than an hour with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed the war in Ukraine and what the Kremlin described as the Iranian issue. Why it matters: The call took place amid a stalemate in Trump's efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine and two days after the U.