Ukrainian lawmaker says U.S. halt in missile shipments 'painful' for Ukraine

A Pentagon decision to halt some arms shipments to Ukraine including air-defence missiles is "painful" for Kyiv's effort to defend against Russian air strikes, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said on Wednesday.

"This decision is certainly very unpleasant for us," Fedir Venislavskyi, a lawmaker from the ruling Servant of the People party and a member of parliament's defence committee, told reporters in Kyiv.

"It's painful, and against the background of the terrorist attacks which Russia commits against Ukraine...it's a very unpleasant situation."