President Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Kyiv was able to hit Moscow and St. Petersburg, according to a senior Ukrainian official familiar with their exchange in a July 4 phone call.

It remains to be seen just how lasting and severe President Donald Trump’s turn against Vladimir Putin will be. Trump has criticized the Russian president in unprecedented terms in recent days and signaled he’ll send vital weapons to Ukraine.

Trump On Putin | Trump News | Russia News | Putin | Trump On Russia Ukraine War | Russia Vs Ukraine | Donald Trump | Zelensky U.S. President Donald Trump made headlines on July 14 by revealing frequent discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin about achieving peace in Ukraine.

The meeting came as speculation mounted over a potential shift in Trump's approach to the ongoing war, now in its third year.

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.

Russia has unleashed its deadliest drone campaign yet, targeting Western Ukraine with swarms of advanced Shahed drones. Cities like Lutsk and Chernivtsi were hit for the first time, triggering panic and mass evacuations.

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.