This week marked a possible pivot by President Donald Trump regarding Russia's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans will vote on a Russia sanctions bill once Trump approves it, as pressure mounts on Moscow to negotiate peace in Ukraine.

Donald Trump has said that US weapons are already “being shipped” to Ukraine as Washington ramps up its military support for Kyiv. A number of Kyiv’s European allies will purchase Patriot air defence missile systems from the US to assist Ukraine’s defence.

Russia's nuclear rules say it can use atomic weapons if the country — or one of its allies — is attacked, especially if the attacker is a non-nuclear nation backed by a nuclear power. That clause could be seen as applying to Ukraine,

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions on its energy exports has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive.

Trump’s sanctions on Russia would be ‘extremely painful’ for US and risk global oil price spike, experts warn - Trump has threatened 100% ‘secondary tariffs’ on likes of India and China, which experts

The Kremlin on Tuesday reacted icily to Donald Trump's warnings to President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, saying that recent decisions by the U.S. president and the NATO military alliance would be interpreted by Kyiv as a signal to continue the war.

US President Donald Trump, right, and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the recent Nato summit. Trump said he was ‘very unhappy’ with Russia over the lack of progress towards a deal to end the war © Telegram/Handout/Anadolu/ Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow,