Mr. Trump final week teased that he would make a “main assertion” on Russia on Monday (July 14, 2025). Mr. Trump made rapidly stopping the battle one in all his diplomatic priorities, and he has more and more expressed frustration about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unbudging stance on U.S-led peace efforts.
Mr. Putin “talks good after which he bombs everyone,” Mr. Trump mentioned late on Sunday (July 13, 2025), as he confirmed the U.S. is sending Ukraine badly wanted U.S.-made Patriot air defence missiles to assist it fend off Russia’s intensifying aerial assaults.
Russia has unfold terror in Ukrainian cities, together with the capital, Kyiv, with a whole lot of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles that Ukraine’s air defences are struggling to counter. June introduced the best month-to-month civilian casualties of the previous three years, with 232 individuals killed and 1,343 wounded, the U.N. human rights mission in Ukraine mentioned on Thursday (July 10, 2025). Russia launched 10 occasions extra drones and missiles in June than in the identical month final 12 months, it mentioned.
That has occurred similtaneously Russia’s larger military is making a brand new effort to drive again Ukrainian defenders on components of the 1,000-km (620-mile) entrance line.
A prime ally of Mr. Trump, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, mentioned on Sunday (July 13, 2025) that the battle is nearing an inflection level as Mr. Trump reveals rising curiosity in serving to Ukraine combat again towards Russia’s full-scale invasion. It’s a trigger that Mr. Trump had beforehand dismissed as being a waste of U.S. taxpayer cash.
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“In the approaching days, you’ll see weapons flowing at a document stage to assist Ukraine defend themselves,” Mr. Graham mentioned on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” He added, “One of the largest miscalculations (Russian President Vladimir) Mr. Putin has made is to play Mr. Trump. And you simply watch, within the coming days and weeks, there’s going to be an enormous effort to get Mr. Putin to the desk.”
Also, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was due in Washington on Monday (July 14, 2025) and Tuesday (July 15, 2025). He deliberate to carry talks with Mr. Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, in addition to members of Congress.
Talks throughout Mr. Kellogg’s go to to Kyiv will cowl “defence, strengthening safety, weapons, sanctions, safety of our individuals and enhancing cooperation between Ukraine and the United States,” mentioned the pinnacle of Ukraine’s presidential workplace, Andrii Yermak.
“Russia doesn’t need a stop fireplace. Peace by power is President Donald Trump’s precept, and we assist this method,” Mr. Yermak mentioned.
Russian troops carried out a mixed aerial strike at Shostka, within the northern Sumy area of Ukraine, utilizing glide bombs and drones early Monday (July 14, 2025) morning, killing two individuals, the regional prosecutor’s workplace mentioned. Four others had been injured, together with a 7-year-old, it mentioned.
Overnight from Sunday (July 13, 2025) to Monday (July 14, 2025), Russia fired 4 S-300/400 missiles and 136 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine, the air drive mentioned. It mentioned that 61 drones had been intercepted and 47 extra had been both jammed or misplaced from radars mid-flight.
The Russian Defence Ministry, in the meantime, mentioned its air defences downed 11 Ukrainian drones over Russian areas on the border with Ukraine, in addition to over the annexed Crimea and the Black Sea.
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