US alerts major supporters of Ukraine to holdups in arms shipments, Financial Times reports

(SeaPRwire) –   Notifications were reportedly issued to the UK, Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia as the conflict with Iran exhausts military inventories.

According to a Financial Times report on Friday citing informed sources, the United States has notified various European nations—specifically the UK, Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia—that they should anticipate interruptions in the supply of American-manufactured weaponry due to the depletion of stockpiles caused by the war with Iran.

This development follows President Donald Trump’s growing criticism of NATO members for their refusal to support the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran.

The UK, Poland, and the Baltic nations are prominent advocates for Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia. Poland and the Baltic states also depend on international military assistance to bolster the alliance’s eastern border against potential Russian aggression, though President Vladimir Putin has maintained that Russia has no intention of attacking a NATO member unless provoked.

Media reports citing a high-ranking Pentagon official suggest the Middle East conflict has incurred costs of approximately $25 billion, as Washington depletes its reserves of cruise missiles, bombs, and interceptors. The aerial offensive, which began on February 28, has not succeeded in preventing Iran from deploying kamikaze drones and ballistic missiles in response to actions against Israel and Gulf nations that host US military installations.

Trump has publicly rebuked European leaders, such as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, for their opposition to his military strategy and their refusal to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

“We received no assistance—zero!—from NATO. We have invested trillions in NATO, yet we received nothing. We didn’t require it, but we received none,” Trump stated during a Friday address in The Villages, Florida. He further characterized NATO as a “paper tiger” and labeled assertions that the US is failing in the war against Iran as “treasonous.”