It’s been a roller coaster week for Ukraine, with U.S. military aid first paused, then reinstated. The shifts follow President Donald Trump’s frosty signals to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The US Senate Armed Services Committee has approved $500 million in security assistance for Ukraine in the draft 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amid reports that President Donald Trump could separately announce a new round of aid for the embattled country.

The Ukrainian government has responded with alarm and urgency to the Trump administration’s decision to halt certain weapons shipments—notably Patriot air-defense missiles, GMLRS rockets, and Hellfire missiles.

The Kremlin expresses readiness for peaceful negotiations over the Ukraine conflict, pending a response from Kiev. Previous talks have stalled, with US involvement and international military aid influencing dynamics.

With Russia sending record-breaking amounts of drones and missiles toward Ukraine, Trump orders to send more weapons to Ukraine.

As Ukraine’s former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba noted in Foreign Affairs in late May, neither Russia nor Ukraine “has much of an incentive to stop the fighting.” Ukraine refuses to surrender its sovereignty;

President Donald Trump seems to have learned the lesson painfully gleaned by all his 21st-century predecessors: You can’t reset US relations with Vladimir Putin.

As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its 129th week, both sides continue to suffer heavy losses, while the

Ukrainian intelligence claims Russia is trying to involve troops from this Asian country in demining operations on its territory