By Ben Aris in Berlin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered US President Donald Trump a “mega deal” on July 17: we send you our advanced drones, you send us missiles. Trump has changed tack since his “big announcement” on July 14 where he promised to sell Europe advanced weaponry to send to Ukraine and threatened Russia with 100% second

A major rift has emerged in Western support for Ukraine after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Patriot missile systems were already being shipped to Kyiv from Germany, only to be contradicted by Berlin,

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are considering a deal that involves Washington buying battlefield-tested Ukrainian drones in exchange for Kyiv purchasing weapons from the US.The Ukrainian president said his latest talks with Mr Trump focused on a deal that would help each country bolster its aerial technology.

American fatigue with the war and the fickleness of the Trump administration remain concerns for Ukraine’s leaders.

The president threatened new sanctions if no deal was reached within 50 days. Authorities in Moscow called the demands "unacceptable."

The US is moving to get weapons to Ukraine under Trump's plan for Europe to buy arms and is weighing selling Patriot air defense systems from its own stocks.