G7, Trump and Ukraine
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Don’t look now, but President Trump may have saved Ukraine. Just ask the Russians
President Trump heads to the NATO Summit in Ankara with a growing Ukraine success story as Ukrainian drones reverse the Russian tide in Donbas.
The Trump administration’s hesitancy in signing a major drone deal with Ukraine is slowing the U.S. military down in an area where it’s already trying to play catch-up. Even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Washington to make a deal,
Putin had hoped that 2026 would be the year his forces — enabled by his advantage in mass and manpower — would break through the frontlines and seize the contested regions in eastern Ukraine. That has not happened.
Perspective: Ukraine's liberating push for self-sufficiency in long-range drones and missiles is beginning to pay off.
What are the leaders of the UK, France, and Germany planning? European leaders want to use their meetings with US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit to persuade him to support new peace talks between Ukraine and Russia,
Six Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday to push through a vote on military aid for Ukraine, a blow to President Trump’s handling of Russia’s war against the country and his withdrawal of U.S. support for Kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks the war with Ukraine is coming to an end as President Trump brokers a three-day ceasefire and prisoner exchange between both nations.
The Ukraine-Russia ceasefire would include a suspension of all "kinetic activity" and a swap of 1,000 prisoners from each country, President Trump said.
As relations between the U.S. and Ukraine remain low, Volodymyr Zelensky has started looking for new partners.
President Donald Trump said a deal to end the conflict with Iran is nearly complete and that on Thursday, he “cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening.”
Eighteen Republicans sided with Democrats to authorize billions in aid to Ukraine.
