Zelenskyy claims the US is deliberately delaying interceptor missiles, Rubio denies a 'deliberate political directive'

Summary

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the US is deliberately delaying deliveries of interceptor missiles to Ukraine, deepening a public spat with Donald Trump, The Guardian reported on Tuesday 20 October, the Ukrainian president having claimed, speaking to US senators on Monday, that 'the Pentagon is delaying the delivery of missiles' already paid for by European countries. According to The Guardian, Zelenskyy said the shipment is awaiting the signature of the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, and that 'all of this suggests that some political decision has been made to slow down the support for us'. Rubio, the US secretary of state, denied there is 'some deliberate political directive' to harm the Kyiv government as the row rages, saying Fairford shows the US has its own defence needs, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported.

Latest: The Guardian reported Volodymyr Zelenskyy's claim that the US is deliberately delaying deliveries of interceptor missiles already paid for by European countries, and Rubio, the US secretary of state, denied there is 'some deliberate political directive' to harm the Kyiv government, saying Fairford shows the US has its own defence needs, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported.

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