The change in Trump’s approach may also mean that the $US8 billion (£6 billion) of frozen Russian assets in the US (and US$223 billion in Europe) could be released to aid Ukraine, which would provide a ready means to pay for the US arms transfers.

The reshuffle came just as Trump announced a new program to sell weapons to Ukraine in his most forceful declaration of support for Kyiv to date.

After European leaders stepped up military spending, President Trump aligned himself more closely with them on the war. But his tariffs threats have left bruises.

In a sharp 180-degree turn on US support for Ukraine, Donald Trump announced that the Washington will send more weapons to Kyiv, two weeks after US military assistance to Ukraine was paused, allegedly due to low stockpiles.

Ukrainian Security Service says two Russian FSB agents suspected of killing Colonel Ivan Voronych on July 10 have been "neutralized" in Kyiv Oblast.

Ukrainian media posted what appeared to be security camera footage showing a man walking through a parking lot with bags being shot by another man.

Ukraine is massively scaling up its production of low-cost interceptor drones to stop Russia's growing barrages of Shahed attack drones.

Two Russian agents were killed by Ukrainian security forces Sunday following reports that the Russian operatives assassinated Ukrainian Colonel Ivan Voronych.