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Trump announces new weapons for Ukraine, threatens tariffs on Russia
US President Donald Trump announced a shipment of weapons for Ukraine while threatening tariffs on Russia.
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Trump spoke about an agreement with NATO to arm Ukraine. A sanctions bill with bipartisan support also sits in Congress.
‘Positive trend’ in US-Russia ties remains despite Washington’s ‘zigzag’ policy, Moscow says.
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Here are the key events on day 1,233 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
A Ukrainian intelligence officer was gunned down in broad daylight in Kyiv.
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Germany and the US appear on the cusp of major policy changes, and Ukraine senses its opportunity to secure weapons.
Rubio and Lavrov ‘confirmed their mutual desire to find peaceful solutions to conflicts’, Russian Foreign Ministry says.
![US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025. [Mandel Ngan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/000_66DR3YL-1752150032.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Fourth conference on Ukraine reconstruction comes as Russia escalates attacks on country, amid doubts over US support.
Here are the key events on day 1,232 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Judges also rule that Russia was behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 which killed 298 people.
In typically brash tones, the US leader announced the move while decrying the ‘bullsh-t thrown at us by Putin’.
