London – Russia continued his night bombing of Ukraine during the night until Tuesday, shortly after President Donald Trump announced his decision to provide new military and threats of the White House of new economic measures against Moscow.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said its forces knocked at least 66 Ukrainian drones during the night until Tuesday morning. Among the directed areas was the southwest region of Voronezh, which limits with the northeast of Ukraine. At least 16 people were injured there, said Governor Aleksandr Gusev on Telegram.
Dmitry Medvedev – – The former Russian president and prime minister now served as vice president of the country’s security council, wrote on social networks that Kremlin is not moved by what he called the “theater ultimatum” of Trump.
“The world shuddered, waiting for the consequences,” Medvedev wrote. “Beligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care.”
Trump said during an Oval office meeting with NATO general secretary, Mark Rutte, on Monday he would impuse “serious tariffs”, although he was not entirely clear if the president referred to tariffs, sanctions or both, against Russia and its commercial partners if a fire agreement is not reached in 50 days.
President Donald Trump is shown in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2025.
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Trump also said he had approved a new section of weapons to Ukraine worth “billions of dollars.” But the details of what Trump called a “very big problem” are still clear. Two American defense officials told ABC News on Monday that the Pentagon was still working on exactly what military aid could be sent to Ukraine.
Defense officials said that 17 patriotic air missile systems that Trump mentioned that they would come completely from European allies, which would then buy new replacement systems from the United States.
The patriot systems, of which Ukraine currently have at least six, two of which were provided by the US and four by other NATO allies, have become a key in the defense of Ukraine against drones, missiles and Russian air attacks since they arrived in the country in 2023.
“We are going to have arrived very soon, in a matter of days,” Trump said when he was asked how long the new lot of US weapons would take. In Patriots specifically, the president said: “They will start arriving very soon.”
Trump’s announcement occurred after months of growing frustration in the White House on the bombing intensifiers of Russia’s Ukraine and its inability to commit to a high fire.
Speaking on Sunday, Trump said about Russian President Vladimir Putin: “Speak well and then attack everyone at night. There is a small problem there.”
But questions about Trump’s threat are left to impose 100% of “secondary tariffs” on nations that do business with Russia. The United States has insignificant imports of Russia, which represent about 0.2% of US imports, according to data from the census office.
The threat of tariffs or sanctions secondary to the commercial partners of Russia seems more significant, although it can cause reprisal measures against China and India of the United States, for example, they are among Moscow clients for their exports of fossil fuels.
Despite the open questions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “very good conversation” with Trump on Monday. “Thank you for your willingness to support Ukraine and continue working together to stop the murders and establish a lasting and fair peace,” he wrote on social networks.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian emergency service, firefighters try to set up after a Russian attack in the Jharkiv region in Ukraine on July 15, 2025.
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“We discuss with the president the necessary media and solutions to provide more protection for people in Russian attacks and strengthen our positions,” Zelenskyy continued. “We are ready to work in the most productive way possible to achieve peace.”
Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament that represents the Zelenskyy party and the president of the Body Foreign Affairs Committee, told ABC News that it was “cautiously optimistic”, with the hope that Monday’s news indicated the beginning of a “maximum pressure” campaign in Putin by Trump.
“The whole situation is a situation of win-gain-win for Trump, Ukraine and Europe,” he said. “However, the deadline of 50 days is of a certain concern, because Putin could take it as a green light to intensify offensive operations.”
Russia’s summer offensive is already underway, according to the Ukrainian army, with Moscow’s forces by pressing more territory throughout the front. Russian efforts are particularly concentrated in East Regions of Donetsk and Sumy, Kyiv said.
“To prevent it from happening, it is crucial to provide Ukraine without delay, now, with maximum military assistance,” said Merezhko, “including offensive armament as long -range missiles, for example, Tomahawks.”
Ukrainian sponsors also in the Senate urged Trump to build Monday’s announcement.
“This announcement, by itself, will not be enough to take Putin to the negotiating table and finally end this war,” said Jeanne Shaheen, a member of the Senate’s foreign relations range, Dn.H., in a statement sent to ABC News.
“President Trump needs to commit to a sustained flow of long -term security assistance,” he added. “And we must immediately advance in the hard package of sanctions in the Senate, which has an overwhelming bipartisan support and will make it increasingly difficult for Putin to prop up its economy and maintain its illegal war.”
That bipartisan proposal of the Senate, led by the sens. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. – The proposed secondary sanctions of up to 500% in the nations that do business with Russia, although according to Graham it will include an option that allows Trump to renounce the sanctions to individual nations.
In an X post, Graham said Trump “took into account the countries that finance the Putin war machine: stop financially supporting the war in Ukraine or face 100%tariffs. If I were them, President Trump would take in his word.”
The civilians participate in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers in the kyiv region on July 12, 2025.
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When asked on Monday if he would adopt the Senate plan, Trump told reporters: “We could do secondary tariffs without the Senate, without the camera. But what they are creating could also be very good.”
Luis Martínez de ABC News, Anne Flaherty, Zunaira Zaki, Soo You and Shannon K. Kingston contributed to this report.
