Washington’s decision to halt some weapons shipments prompted warnings from Kyiv that the move would weaken its ability to defend against Russian attacks

Russia has bombarded Kyiv with the largest aerial attack since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Overnight on Thursday, Moscow launched 539 drone and 11 missile strikes that struck nearly every district of the Ukrainian capital,

A White House official said that a call was not scheduled to take place on July 3 with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump had hoped to end the war between the two nations quickly after returning to office,