The Pentagon's Discreet Decision Could Change the War in Ukraine

The Pentagon is secretly blocking Ukraine from using long-range missile systems (ATACMS), which would allow it to strike targets deep inside Russia, reports the Wall Street Journal. A few days earlier, Donald Trump said he would have to "make a major decision," and one of them might be to withdraw support for Ukraine.

The newspaper notes that Ukraine's deterrence from launching attacks deep into Russian territory coincided with the White House's attempt to persuade Vladimir Putin to join peace talks . The decision-maker on the use of long-range weapons is U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

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Reuters, in turn, emphasizes that the information published by the Wall Street Journal comes at a time when President Donald Trump is increasingly frustrated with the ongoing war and the lack of progress in reaching a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

The summit with the Russian president and subsequent meetings with European leaders and the Ukrainian president failed to produce any breakthroughs . Trump, in turn, announced the possibility of reimposing economic sanctions against Russia or even withdrawing from the peace process.

"I'll make a decision about what we're going to do, a very important decision, whether it's massive sanctions, massive tariffs, or both, or whether we do nothing and say this is your war," Trump announced . He had hoped to arrange a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelensky, but that proved difficult.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with NBC that "Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky when the summit agenda is ready." However, the Foreign Minister added that "it is not ready at all."