WESTERN PERSPECTIVE US arms shipments to Kyiv briefly paused before resuming over weekend, sources say U.S. shipments of weapons into Ukraine were briefly paused in recent days before resuming over the weekend as the Trump administration debated its policy towards Kyiv, according to four people briefed on the matter. Shipments restarted after the White House pulled back on its initial assessment to stop all aid to Ukraine, two of the sources said. There are factions inside the administration that are at odds over the extent to which the U.S. should continue to aid Kyiv's war effort with weapons from U.S.…

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine drone attack sparks fire, forces flight suspensions at several Russian airports Ukraine's overnight drone attack targeted fuel and energy facilities in Russia, sparking a fire in the Astrakhan region and forcing the suspension of flights at several airports, Russian officials and media said on Monday. "Ukrainian armed forces attempted a drone attack on objects located in the region, including fuel and energy facilities," Igor Babushkin, governor of the Astrakhan region in southern Russia, said on the Telegram messaging app. "Falling drone sparked a fire. There were no casualties." Babushkin did not say what was on fire. Baza,…