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Politico: Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday he would hold off on advancing a closely watched package of sanctions targeting Russia’s trading partners after President Donald Trump said he was prepared to act himself later this summer.
Reuters: Berlin and Washington will take a decision about sending two U.S.-made Patriot air defence systems to Kyiv within days or weeks, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday after talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
The Kyiv Independent: Denmark will provide Ukraine's military with European-made satellite communication services as Kyiv continues to fend off Russia's war, the Danish Defense Ministry announced on July 14.
ISW: Russian forces may leverage advances in western Donetsk Oblast to launch an offensive operation toward Pokrovske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in pursuit of Russia's long-standing desire to seize Zaporizhzhia City.
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BBC: US President Donald Trump has announced the US will send "top-of-the-line weapons" to Ukraine via Nato countries, while also threatening Russia with severe tariffs if a deal to end the war is not reached within 50 days.
The Kyiv Independent: Some Patriot air defense systems and missiles may arrive in Ukraine "within days," Trump said during a press conference with NATO chief Mark Rutte on July 14.
NY Post: President Trump publicly cast doubt Monday on the need for a bipartisan sanctions bill meant to ratchet up economic pressure on Russia to end its bloody war on Ukraine.
Reuters: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday proposed current Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal as Ukraine's new defence minister. He earlier proposed Yulia Svyrydenko, currently first deputy prime minister, to head the new government as prime minister.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has contracted "tens of thousands" of interceptor drones, director of the Defense Procurement Agency, Arsen Zhumadilov, said in an interview published on July 14.
The Moscow Times: Major Russian airports are preparing to integrate artificial intelligence into their security systems using technology developed by Ntechlab, a leading Russian facial recognition company under Western sanctions.
The Kyiv Independent: European allies are in talks to purchase "more than three" Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine, a German government spokesperson said, the Guardian reported on July 14.
The Moscow Times: Trade between Russia and China fell 9.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, totaling $106.48 billion, according to data released Monday by China’s General Administration of Customs.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence agency is expanding the use of ground-based robotic systems in active combat, releasing on July 14 footage of the Liut (Fury) robotic platform in action in Sumy Oblast.
Reuters: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg on Monday in the capital Kyiv, where they discussed boosting Ukraine's air defences and Kyiv buying weapons with European help.
FT: US investors are relaunching a key Ukrainian grain export terminal after wresting control from alleged looters, in a test of Kyiv’s ability to attract capital to rebuild its economy in its fourth year of war (archive).
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