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The Guardian
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: Trump says he will send Patriot missile defence systems to Kyiv
Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine and that they are 'desperately' needed to defend the country because Russian president Vladimir Putin 'talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening'. The US president did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Kyiv but said the European Union would reimburse the US for their cost. 'They are going to pay us 100% for that, and that's the way we want it,' Trump told reporters on Sunday. The moves come amid a souring of Trump's relations with Putin and just two weeks after Washington said it would pause some arms deliveries to Kyiv. US senators touted a bipartisan bill that would arm Trump with 'sledgehammer' sanctions to use against Russia, ahead of the latest visit to Ukraine by US special envoy Keith Kellogg. Trump said he would make a 'major statement … on Russia' on Monday. Republican senator Lindsey Graham – a top ally of Trump – said on Sunday he had majority backing in the Senate for his bill, which was gaining momentum as US-led peace efforts in Ukraine struggled. The bill would allow Trump 'to go after Putin's economy and all those countries who prop up the Putin war machine', he told broadcaster CBS. Trump has indicated he would be open to the sanctions bill after repeatedly saying he is 'disappointed' with Putin over Moscow's deadly missile barrages against Ukraine. Nato secretary general Mark Rutte is set to meet Trump this week on the heels of the US president announcing plans to sell Nato allies weaponry that it can then pass on to Ukraine. Nato said Rutte would be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday and would meet with Trump, secretary of state Marco Rubio and defence secretary Pete Hegseth as well as Congress. French defense minister Sebastien Lecornu, meanwhile, said in an interview published on Sunday in La Tribune Dimanche that European officials had been making the case to the Trump administration to bolster air defence capabilities with any coming packages. He said France was in a 'capacity hole' and would have to wait until next year before being able to provide Ukraine new ground-to-air missiles. Ukraine's SBU security service has announced it tracked down and killed Russian agents they said had assassinated one of their members. A two-strong team – a man and a woman – had killed Col Ivan Voronich in Kyiv on Thursday, it said. 'A special operation was conducted this morning, during which members of the Russian FSB agent group put up resistance and they were eliminated,' the SBU statement on Sunday said. It did not specify how many people had been killed but the SBU posted a video in which two bodies were visible. The team that killed Voronich had spent time getting to know his daily schedule and routes, the SBU said. The UN nuclear watchdog said it had heard hundreds of rounds of small arms fire late on Saturday at Ukraine's Russian-occupied nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhia. The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Sunday that the large number of shots – repeatedly fired for about an hour from 10pm local time – was unusual and that it was seeking further information. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Sunday to discuss Ukraine as well as relations with the US. Lavrov arrived in China after a visit to North Korea, where he received assurances of support in its conflict with Ukraine. Lavrov and Wang Yi's talks included 'the outlook for settling the Ukrainian crisis', Russia's foreign ministry said.
The Independent
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says he will send Patriot missiles to Kyiv ahead of ‘major statement on Russia'
Donald Trump said the US will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, which he claimed were necessary to defend the country because Russian president Vladimir Putin"talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening". The US president did not give a number of missiles he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the US would be reimbursed for their cost by the EU. Mr Trump has grown increasingly disenchanted with Mr Putin after he resisted Washington's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. He is due to make a "major statement" on Russia on Monday. "He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it," Mr Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington. "We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100 per cent for that, and that's the way we want it," Mr Trump said. Meanwhile, Ukraine's security agency says it has tracked down and killed Russian agents who assassinated a Ukrainian intelligence officer during the week. Ukraine's security agency says it killed Russian agents Ukraine's security agency tracked down and killed Russian agents on Sunday who were suspected of shooting dead one of its senior officers in the Ukrainian capital. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the suspected Russian agents were killed in the Kyiv region after they offered resistance to arrest. A video released by the agency showed two bodies lying on the ground. The agency said earlier that a man and a woman were suspected of being involved in the assassination of Ivan Voronych, an SBU colonel, in a bold daylight attack on Thursday. More here. Ukraine's SBU says it killed Russian agents suspected of gunning down its officer Ukraine's security agency says it has killed Russian agents suspected of assassinating a senior officer in Kyiv Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 06:51 Russia claims Ukraine attacked training centre at nuclear plant Ukrainian drones attacked a training centre at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant last evening, the administration of the Russia-held plant in Ukraine said. "The enemy used three unmanned aerial vehicles," the administration said on Telegram. It added that "no critical" damage was recorded. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 06:12 Germany refuses to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine Germany will not transfer its Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the defence minister said. Boris Pistorius told the Financial Times that Germany will instead supply Kyiv the Patriot air defence systems purchased from the US."Industry needs to ramp up its capacities. That applies to ammunition, to drones, to tanks — really to almost every area," Mr Pistorius said. Earlier this month, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the decision to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine remained under consideration. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 05:55 Lavrov meets Chinese counterpart to discuss Ukraine war Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing yesterday ahead of the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) foreign ministers in China. "The parties also discussed relations with the US and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis," Russia's foreign ministry said. "The importance of strengthening close coordination between the two countries in the international arena, including in the United Nations and its Security Council, the SCO, BRICS, the G20 and APEC, was emphasised," the ministry said. China and Russia declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 05:32 Russia says it downed 11 Ukrainian drones overnight Russia's air defence units destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions, the Crimean Peninsula and the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry said today. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 05:20 Trump to meet Nato secretary general Nato secretary general Mark Rutte is set to meet president Donald Trump this week on the heels of the US leader announcing plans to sell Nato allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine. Mr Rutte will be in Washington this week and plans to hold talks with Mr Trump, secretary of state Marco Rubio and defence secretary Pete Hegseth as well as members of Congress. "I'm gonna have a meeting with the secretary general who's coming in tomorrow," Mr Trump told reporters as he arrived in Washington last night. "But we basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated (weapons) and they're gonna pay us 100 per cent for them." Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 05:01 Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 04:49 Ukrainian intelligence officer gunned down in Kyiv A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer was gunned down in broad daylight in Kyiv, officials said on Friday as a maternity hospital was hit by a Russian drone barrage on the city of Kharkiv. Surveillance footage published on social media showed the agent was executed in a car park by a gunman clad in dark clothing who fled the scene. Police said they were trying to identify the shooter and that 'measures are being taken to detain him'. The victim's name has not been publicly disclosed and the identity of the suspect remains unclear. A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) official said that the intelligence officer had been a colonel, according to Reuters. More here. Ukrainian intelligence officer gunned down in Kyiv Execution comes as Russian drones hit maternity hospital in Kharkiv Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 04:29 Trump to send Patriot missiles to Kyiv US president Donald Trump said he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country because Russian President Vladimir Putin "talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening". Mr Trump did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the European Union. The US president has grown increasingly disenchanted with Putin because the Russian leader has resisted Mr Trump's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has asked for more defensive capabilities to fend off a daily barrage of missile and drone attacks from Russia. "We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it," Mr Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington. "We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100 per cent for that, and that's the way we want it," Mr Trump said. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 04:13
ABC News
14-07-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Donald Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine as Putin 'bombs everybody in the evening'
US President Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country. The announcement comes amid a diplomatic flurry set for Monday, with the US special envoy starting his latest trip to Ukraine and Mr Trump set to meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Washington. Mr Trump did not reveal the number of Patriots he planned to send to Ukraine, but said the US would be reimbursed for their cost by the European Union. "We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because [Russian President Vladimir] Putin really surprised a lot of people," Mr Trump said. Mr Trump has grown increasingly disenchanted with Mr Putin because the Russian leader has resisted the US president's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between his country and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked for more defensive capabilities to fend off a daily barrage of missile and drone attacks from Russia. Moscow's offensive on Ukraine has lasted for more than three years, with attacks intensifying this northern summer and US-led negotiations so far yielding no success in ending the fighting. The White House has done a U-turn from an announcement earlier this month that it would pause some arms deliveries to Kyiv, instead announcing a new deal which would involve NATO paying the US for some of the weapons it sends to Ukraine. "We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment," Mr Trump said. "They are going to pay us 100 per cent for that, and that's the way we want it. Mr Trump plans to meet Mr Rutte to discuss Ukraine and other issues this week. Last week, Mr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was "close to reaching a multi-level agreement on new Patriot systems and missiles for them". Mr Trump has repeatedly voiced displeasure with Mr Putin in recent days. On Sunday, he hinted he might finally be ready to toughen sanctions as momentum grows for a deterrent package in the US Congress. When he first returned to the White House in January, Trump insisted he could work with the Russian leader to end the war, holding off on hiking sanctions, unlike European allies. But Russia has, for months, refused a ceasefire proposed by the US and Kyiv. When asked about whether he would announce any sanctions against Russia, Mr Trump responded: "We're going to see what we will see tomorrow, OK?", before repeating plans to meet with Mr Rutte. Earlier on Sunday, US senators touted a bipartisan bill that would arm Mr Trump with "sledgehammer" sanctions to use against Russia. The sanctions bill would allow the president "to go after Putin's economy, and all those countries who prop up the Putin war machine," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told CBS News. "It would give President Trump the ability to impose 500 per cent tariffs on any country that helps Russia," Mr Graham said, adding that those could include economies that purchase Russian goods like China, India or Brazil. "Without a doubt, this is exactly the kind of leverage that can bring peace closer and make sure diplomacy is not empty," Mr Zelenskyy said about the proposed bill in a post on X. Mr Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal were also due to meet Mr Rutte on Monday night. Mr Blumenthal told CBS News they would also discuss the legally thorny issue of unlocking frozen Russian assets in Europe and the US for access by Ukraine. "The $US5 billion [$7.62 billion] that the United States has also could be accessed, and I think it's time to do it," said Mr Blumenthal. Wires
The Independent
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump to send Patriot missiles to Kyiv because Putin ‘bombs everybody'
Donald Trump said the US will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, which he claimed were necessary to defend the country because Russian president Vladimir Putin"talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening". The US president did not give a number of missiles he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the US would be reimbursed for their cost by the EU. Mr Trump has grown increasingly disenchanted with Mr Putin after he resisted Washington's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. He is due to make a "major statement" on Russia on Monday. "He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it," Mr Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington. "We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100 per cent for that, and that's the way we want it," Mr Trump said. Meanwhile, Ukraine's security agency says it has tracked down and killed Russian agents who assassinated a Ukrainian intelligence officer during the week. Ukrainian intelligence officer gunned down in Kyiv A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer was gunned down in broad daylight in Kyiv, officials said on Friday as a maternity hospital was hit by a Russian drone barrage on the city of Kharkiv. Surveillance footage published on social media showed the agent was executed in a car park by a gunman clad in dark clothing who fled the scene. Police said they were trying to identify the shooter and that 'measures are being taken to detain him'. The victim's name has not been publicly disclosed and the identity of the suspect remains unclear. A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) official said that the intelligence officer had been a colonel, according to Reuters. More here. Ukrainian intelligence officer gunned down in Kyiv Execution comes as Russian drones hit maternity hospital in Kharkiv Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 04:29 Trump to send Patriot missiles to Kyiv US president Donald Trump said he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country because Russian President Vladimir Putin "talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening". Mr Trump did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the European Union. The US president has grown increasingly disenchanted with Putin because the Russian leader has resisted Mr Trump's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has asked for more defensive capabilities to fend off a daily barrage of missile and drone attacks from Russia. "We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it," Mr Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington. "We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100 per cent for that, and that's the way we want it," Mr Trump said. 14 July 2025 04:13
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
US to send Patriot air defense system to Ukraine as furious Trump blasts two-faced Putin: 'He talks nice, then bombs everybody'
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country because Russian President Vladimir Putin 'talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening.' Trump did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the European Union. The U.S. president has grown increasingly disenchanted with Putin because the Russian leader has resisted Trump's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked for more defensive capabilities to fend off a daily barrage of missile and drone attacks from Russia. 'We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it,' Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington. 'We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100% for that, and that's the way we want it,' Trump said. He plans to meet NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to discuss Ukraine and other issues this week.
