Trump 'sending offensive weapons' to Ukraine after turning against Putin & Russians assassins killed after shooting top spy in Kyiv

Day 1,237.


Today after Donald Trump says Putin “talks nice then bombs
everybody in the evening” the world is braced for a potential
uptick in US support for Ukraine and we report how Ukraine says
it has killed the Russian agents responsible for assassinating an
SBU officer last week. Plus, we hear the latest from the
battlefields in eastern Ukraine, including a dispatch from those
risking their lives to get electricity to the front lines.


Contributors:


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls
on X.


Francis Farrell (Reporter, The Kyiv Independent).
@francisjfarrell on X.


Memphis Barker (Senior foreign correspondent). @memphisbarker on
X.


Content Referenced:


Telegraph Live Blog on Trump’s Statement:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/14/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-zelensky-latest-news/ 


Dispatch: Ukraine turns to machines to spare troops from
drone-infested ‘grey zone’ (Memphis Barker in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/05/inside-ukraine-grey-zone-soldiers-machines-russia-war/ 


Francis Farrell’s Latest Pieces in Kyiv Independent:


https://kyivindependent.com/author/francis-farrell/


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