Putin’s refusal to compromise on Ukraine, say analysts, is a colossal error costing Russia regional influence, lucrative energy markets and its place in the world.

A recent Russian drone strike deliberately targeted and damaged a Polish-owned factory in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a move that is escalating tensions along NATO’s eastern flank. -While the attack on the Barlinek Group facility does not trigger NATO’s Article 5 collective defense clause,

President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have given Vladimir Putin something to help focus his mind. The July 14 announcement of a new NATO-backed weapons corridor into Ukraine, routed through European allies and structured around arms sales rather than grants, ends for now the prospect of a wholesale American abandonment of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy also held talks with a U.S. envoy on Monday on increasing weapons production and arms purchases.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will take part in the Ramstein online meeting scheduled for Monday, July 21, according to a statement by the UK delegation to NATO. Representatives from the United Kingdom and Germany will be present at the upcoming Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting on July 21 to include US,

Sending Ukraine offensive weapons could push Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, retired Adm. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, said on Monday. Speaking ahead of the announcement of the U.

With any luck, it will soon be standard issue for Ukraine’s Armed Forces, available alongside conventional ammunition,” wrote Militarnyi last week. These few words herald a fundamental transformation in warfare on the contemporary battlefield,