# How US Weapons Shortage Impacts Ukraine Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/how-us-weapons-shortage-impacts-ukraine Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/how-us-weapons-shortage-impacts-ukraine.md Podcast: [Amanpour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408) Published: 2026-08-13T19:58:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8223590147.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8223590147.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amanpour-808408/episodes/how-us-weapons-shortage-impacts-ukraine Duration seconds: 3376 ## Resource The US faces a dwindling stockpile of critical weapons systems, having massively depleted them in its war with Iran. The weapons shortage was a factor in President Trump's recent decision to cancel new strikes on Iran and it costs Ukraine most acutely, leaving its cities virtually defenseless against Moscow's relentless attacks. For more on what all this means, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Evelyn Farkas joins the show.  Also on today's show: settler violence in the West Bank; Afghan women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj; Ben Wilker, Former Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amanpour-808408/episodes/how-us-weapons-shortage-impacts-ukraine/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/how-us-weapons-shortage-impacts-ukraine.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.