Donald Trump has claimed Ukraine gave Vladimir Putin “a reason to go in and bomb the hell” out of the beleaguered country this week.After enduring more than three years of Russian bombings, an invasion and the occupation of 18% of its territory,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz discusses his meeting with President Donald Trump and why he asked to increase the pressure on Russia to end its war against Ukraine.

Russia possesses the world’s largest nuclear arsenal (5,580 warheads) and has repeatedly threatened escalation over the Ukraine war. -While the probability of use remains low, four main delivery systems are likely candidates for a “limited” tactical nuclear strike.

President Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin told him he would have to respond to Ukraine’s recent attack, dampening the prospects for immediate peace between Moscow and Kyiv.

Russia conducted its second-largest missile and drone attack on Ukraine since the start of its invasion in 2022, according to the Institute for the Study of War ( ISW) whose graph illustrate the response to Kyiv's drone barrage on Russian military airfields.

As Putin ramps up his summer offensive in Ukraine, will he succeed? - ANALYSIS: Russia is stepping up its summer offensive both on the ground and in the air but support from Europe and sophisticated drone warfare could help Ukraine hold Moscow back.

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Pope Leo for offering to help settle the Ukraine conflict and told him Kyiv is intent on "escalating" the war, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. A Kremlin statement said they spoke by phone but did not give a date.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed Trump’s comments, stating they did not signal a U.S. unwillingness to continue mediating. Read also: Putin plays victim in Trump call after Ukraine’s Cobweb op Peskov claimed that for Russia,