State Dept assures Americans soft diplomacy is over as $50B defense boost signals power shift.

The parade will come at a key moment for the Ukraine war—just a day after Trump's 50-day deadline for Putin to make peace or face much tougher economic sanctions. Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, said at a press briefing on Monday that the Trump meeting could take place in Beijing in September,

Detailed ceasefire talks are not on the agenda for the next round of negotiations with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Kiev diplomats on Monday. Wednesday's meeting should instead focus on advancing the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war and children abducted by Russia,

On the face of it, the US involvement in Ukraine bears little similarity to the 20-year Afghanistan war, not least because there are no American boots on the ground in Europe.

President Donald Trump has announced a NATO agreement that will channel U.S.-made weapons to bolster Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression. Nearly all NATO member nations have committed to raising their defense spending to 5% of GDP.

Sen. Dick Durbin says around 1,000 FBI agents were told to flag any Jeffrey Epstein records that mention President Trump.