Today, the Russian military confirmed that Ukraine killed Major General Mikhail Goudkov,

the deputy head of Russia's Navy, and one of the most senior Russian military officers to have

been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Also today, President Trump spoke with

Russian President Vladimir Putin and confirmed that the U.S. is withholding some weapons from Ukraine.

We're giving weapons, but we've given so many weapons, but we are giving weapons, and we're working with them and trying to help them, but we haven't.

You know, Biden emptied out our whole country, giving

them weapons, and we have to make sure that we have enough for ourselves. That decision has

sparked intense debate this week from Washington to Kyiv. Nick Schifrin has more.

The weapons deliveries that the Trump administration is withholding from Ukraine, including a number of Patriot Air Defense missiles

that had been appropriated by last term's Congress

and authorized by the Biden administration.

It's also holding back 155 millimeter artillery shells

and other weapons, as Russia has been pounding Ukraine

on the front lines and with missile and drone barrages every night.

Ukraine says it needs these weapons to defend itself, but as the president suggested,

the Department of Defense concluded the U.S. needs these weapons to be ready for its own contingencies.

So is this move in America's interests? For that, we get two views. Kimberly Kagan is the president of the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank. And Jennifer Kavanaugh is a senior fellow and director of military analysis at defense priorities, which advocates for restraint in U.S. foreign policy. Thanks very much. Welcome both of you to the News Hour.

Jennifer Kavanaugh, let me start with you.

Bottom line, do you think the Trump administration has made the right call

to withhold some of these weapons to Ukraine?

I do think it's the right call, and it's a necessary call.

The number one priority for the Pentagon has to be making sure that U.S.

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