The U.S. move affects high-demand munitions, including Patriot missiles, the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile and shorter-range Stinger missiles.

Ukrainian authorities are enlisting European help to increase domestic military production as the United States pauses some weapons shipments to Ukraine

It's a clear message to step up our own support, ramping up our European defense capacities, not only at the level of the European Union, but at the continental level,' von der Leyen told a press conference in Aarhus,