Donald Trump is reportedly poised to announce a new weapons plan for Ukraine. It comes after the US president promised a “major statement”. Overnight, Russian attacks continued, with at least five dead and a dozen injured. Follow the latest below.
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Germany is “cautiously optimistic” ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned statement later today.
We brought you news earlier of Berlin commenting on “very positive signs” – see our 11.59 post.
The expectation, a government official told the Reuters news agency, is that the US and European countries would work together to get further air defence systems to Ukraine.
“The signals we have received from Washington in recent weeks make us cautiously optimistic,” the official said.
Among the options under discussion was the possibility of Germany sending Ukraine Patriot missile systems from its own stocks and buying replacements from the US, the officials added.
Ukrainian heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and British billionaire Sir Richard Branson have launched a fundraiser.
In Trafalgar Square, London, the unlikely pair stood in front of a piece of reconstructed art, launching the effort to raise money for damaged apartment buildings in Ukraine.
Here’s some more from our experts at Sky News.
Military analyst Michael Clarke has outlined what he thinks could be three possible strands to Donald Trump’s “major statement” coming later today.
He has also outlined lessons that can be learned from the conflict in Ukraine, for China and Taiwan.
Three prongs to Trump’s ‘major statement’
According to Clarke, here are three elements that could make up Trump’s statement later in the day.
Clarke says that if Trump does come out with a new weapons deal for Ukraine, it would mark a notable shift in his position.
He says: “That would imply that he’s accepted that Ukraine will continue the war, that Ukraine has given up on a ceasefire the way everybody else has.
“That the Russians are not going to come to a ceasefire until they are under greater pressure.”
However, Clarke stresses there’s a large level of not knowing about what later today may bring.
“I don’t think even in the Pentagon, they’re entirely sure what he’s going to say,” Clarke adds.
Lessons for China-Taiwan
Clarke says that since the beginning of the war, “the rest of the world has been standing back… to see what happens.”
He explains how what happens in Ukraine, for many, is a test of Western willingness to intervene.
He adds: “This is a sort of a contest between those who say, look, the Ukraine war is the frontline in a more fundamental struggle between dictatorship and liberal democracy.
“And those including the Trump and the MAGA Republicans who say ‘this is a regional war, you know, it’s just a regional war. It’s nasty and it’s not our problem’.
“And what the Europeans are saying, ‘look, it is your problem. If you think you’re ever going to be a liberal democracy, if you’re ever going to stand with the liberal democracies’.”
Here are some of the latest lines from the Kremlin now.
Our partner network NBC News has been speaking to spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov seemed to try and downplay the significance of Donald Trump announcing a new weapons deal for Kyiv.
If it goes ahead later, the deal would be a marked departure from Trump’s previous Ukraine policy.
Our military analyst Michael Clarke said it would be a “big day” – see our 11.07 post.
Peskov was first asked what he expected from Kellogg’s visit to Ukraine:
He said:
“First of all, it’s Mr Kellogg himself and his Ukrainian counterparts who should have expectations. What’s important to us, is that Mr Kellogg, as a representative of the Trump team, continues his efforts to mediate within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian settlement.”
Peskov was then asked about the sale of Patriot defence systems from the US to Europe, then to Ukraine.
He said:
“Well, a lot has been said about high prices and so on.
“Now it turns out that these supplies will be paid for by Europe – some will be paid for, some will not.
“But the fact remains that the supplies of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment from the USA to Ukraine have continued and continued.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with US special envoy Keith Kellogg, in Kyiv.
We reported earlier, see our 7.35 post, that Donald Trump’s special envoy had travelled to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader said in a post on Telegram: “We discussed the path to peace and what we can practically do together to bring it closer.
“This includes strengthening air defense for Ukraine, joint production, and purchasing defense weapons together with Europe.
“And of course, sanctions against Russia and those who help it.”
Zelenskyy made a point of thanking Kellogg and saying he was grateful to Trump.
One of many moving parts…
Our military analyst Michael Clarke described Kellogg’s visit to Kyiv as one of many “moving parts” today.
It runs parallel to important visits in Washington as well.
Later today, we’re expecting a “major statement” from Trump, with reports saying it could be a new weapons deal for Kyiv.
Germany has said there are “very positive signs” from Washington on the sale of Patriot air defence systems for Ukraine.
A spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry said: “Discussions are now being held on the modalities of implementation, i.e. how many systems there will be, who will take them over and how they will be financed.”
See our 9.40 post for more on Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius and his visit to Washington.
Here’s the latest from the frontlines in Ukraine.
Recent months have seen Russia making slow progress in the east.
Similarly, Ukraine has seen its lightning incursion into the Kursk region pushed back.
But Moscow has failed to take any significant settlements recently.
During Donald Trump’s second term, the US’s European allies were initially alarmed as Washington seemingly tried to improve ties with Moscow.
But in recent weeks, the US president has seemed more fed up with Vladimir Putin.
Last night, Trump complained to reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington that: “[Putin] talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening.”
Watch his full remarks here:
Today is set to be a “big day” for Ukraine, our military analyst Michael Clarke has said.
Speaking to presenter Gareth Barlow, he outlined why today could help change Kyiv’s fortunes.
“I mean, if as advertised, this could be a very big day because we’ve always said Donald Trump can turn on the dime and we don’t know how far he’s turned,” Clarke said.
After months of seemingly moving closer to Vladimir Putin, recently Trump has grown critical of him.
Moving parts
Clarke outlined the choreography going on today, with two senior visitors to Washington, the NATO chief and German defence minister, Trump’s promised “major statement”, and the US envoy visiting Kyiv.
And it could be the latter, Keith Kellogg, who could be key, Clarke says.
Clarke explains that initially, Trump seemed to turn away from Kellogg’s plan for Ukraine, instead favouring closer ties with Putin.
Kellogg said that if unable to negotiate with Moscow, Washington should give Kyiv all the weapons it needs to fight.
But Trump may have changed his mind, at least somewhat.
“It kind of looks as if Trump is going back towards the Kellogg plan of December before he came into office, but we’ll see,” Clarke says.
The idea that the US could supply Ukraine with offensive weapons would be a “real sea change”, Clarke says.
Putin ‘overplayed’
It was also possible that one role in leading to this decision from Trump was the Russian president’s own actions.
Clarke explains: “It’s possible Putin has overplayed his hand by these massive air attacks night after night on Ukraine, which do appear to have had an impact on President Trump, to say, you know: ‘He talks nicely, and then he bombs everybody’.”
See our 7.04 post for more on this and watch Clarke and Barlow below:
We brought you news earlier of Russian strikes in Donetsk.
As said in our 8.57 post, two people died in the region.
Ukraine’s National Police has now released more information, and pictures, from the attack, saying at least seven people were also injured.
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