Zelensky names new PM after Trump threatens Putin with ‘severe’ tariffs - Trump promises 17 Patriot missiles to Kyiv as he grows frustrated with Putin

A Russian official slammed U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying that the 79-year-old president's threat to enact secondary tariffs as "theatrical."

The meeting came as speculation mounted over a potential shift in Trump's approach to the ongoing war, which began in 2022.

Donald Trump has urged Volodymyr Zelensky to make Vladimir Putin "feel the pain" by bombing Moscow and St Petersburg. During a call to the Ukrainian President, Trump reportedly said: "Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow?

An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the country faces battlefield setbacks and a souring mood.

Putin's army is reportedly just one to two kilometres from Kupyansk, which was liberated in September 2022 by Ukrainian forces during their counteroffensive.

Moscow will agree to a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, only after Kiev's surrender. This was stated in an interview with The Kyiv Independent by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Serhiy Kyslytsa.