The United States has suspended military assistance provided to Ukraine pending 'capability review' to analyze where the U.S. military aid goes, and to ensure national interests are served first.
"Now, some assistance provided to Ukraine — as well as assistance to other nations — is on pause as the Defense Department reviews its own capabilities to ensure when it opts to provide aid to other nations, it never shortchanges itself in the process", said Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell during a briefing at the Pentagon.
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.