U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washington's new sanctions ultimatum.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has supported US President Donald Trump's decision on the continued supply of weapons to Ukraine. Source: BBC, as reported by European Pravda Details: On 17 July, Merz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a new Anglo-German treaty that includes a commitment to assist each other in the event of an armed attack.

Donald Trump’s plan to allow the European Union pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating how to finance the bloc’s defense-spending ambitions.

President Trump is applying pressure on Moscow by restoring weapons pipelines to Ukraine and imposing tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, in an effort to weaken Russia’s war economy

US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has said that the Trump administration is trying to deliver US weapons to Ukraine as quickly as possible in line with a plan whereby they will be sold to the Alliance.

President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements.

As President Donald Trump hardens his position toward Moscow and seeks new ways to bring the conflict to an end, he is leaving open the prospect of allowing shipments of longer-range missiles to the country that would allow it to strike deeper into Russia,