Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened the West with “preemptive strikes” if it continues to escalate its support for Ukraine, a belligerent response to President Trump’s new hardline policy.

A vocal supporter of Vladimir Putin has urged Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in response to Donald Trump's announcement that he would provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine. On his radio program,

Trump said the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached in 50 days.

What is known about US President Donald Trump's idea to supply Ukraine with American weapons using NATO funds, and why not all allies support this initiative, is analyzed in an article by RBC-Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine.

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

A representative from the German Ministry of Defence has not confirmed that Patriot air defence system components have been sent to Ukraine, contrary to earlier statements by US President Donald Trump.

The Europeans, via NATO, will reportedly pay for the deal. Indeed, energized by Trump’s apparent change-of-heart toward Ukraine aid, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,

Ukraine’s military commander in charge of the country’s drone warfare program urged the US and NATO countries alike on Wednesday to learn from Kyiv’s use of the technology on the battlefield so in the future there are not “hard questions from your children [about] when [their] father will come back.