# Ukraine war briefing: Starmer urges west to keep aid flowing as US announces suspension

Oil pipeline burns in Russia after Ukrainian drone attack; deadly Russian strike on Ukrainian military training ground. What we know on day 1,105

**The Trump administration announced the suspension of US military aid to Ukraine hours after Keir Starmer, the British prime minister,** **said **. The prime minister told MPs on Monday that Ukraine would need money and weapons from allied countries even after a peace deal.

**On Tuesday evening, the White House said its pause would last until Trump determined that** **Ukrainian leaders were demonstrating a good-faith commitment to peace**. "This is not permanent termination of aid, it’s a pause," Fox News quoted a Trump administration official as saying. Aid was being reviewed to "ensure that it is contributing to a solution."  for blocking aid that was approved by Congress on a bipartisan basis.

**Donald Trump earlier on Tuesday suggested a** **minerals deal with Ukraine was not dead**. The deal went unsigned on Friday after  in a White House argument that was widely seen as being orchestrated to undermine the Ukrainian president’s case for a fair and lasting peace grounded in security guarantees preventing future Russian aggression. Trump said he would give an update on the situation on Tuesday night when he addresses a joint session of Congress.

**An oil pipeline burned in Russia’s southern Rostov region after a wave of Ukrainian drones attacked industrial and energy sites**. "As a result of a mass drone attack in Chertovsky district, a fire has broken out on an oil pipeline," posted the acting regional governor, Yuri Slyusar. Slyusar reported another attack near Novoshakhtinsk where previous drone attacks put an oil refinery out of action. The Ukrainian military posted pictures saying they showed the oil refinery again in flames. A drone attack also damaged an industrial site near the border, Slyusar said.

**A negligence investigation was under way in Ukraine after a deadly Russian missile strike on a military training ground** **in the Dnipropetrovsk region at the weekend**. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s army chief, said Russia had struck with cluster munitions. He did not disclose casualty details. Syrskyi said a training centre head and a commander of a military unit were suspended, with checks ordered into implementation of a ban on outside meetings. "We are witnessing untimely decisions and unlearned lessons," said Ukraine’s land forces commander, Mykhailo Drapatyi, adding that those responsible would be found. "No one will hide behind explanations or formal reports." Russia has previously hit Ukrainian troops when they have assembled for parades and ceremonies.
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