Overview

• Ukraine reports more than 800 combat drones plus missiles hit multiple cities, with Kyiv’s main government building damaged and at least four people killed and dozens injured.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges a broad international reaction, calling for tougher sanctions, high tariffs and other trade limits to make Russian losses felt.
• President Donald Trump says he is ready to move to a “Phase 2” of sanctions and plans to speak with Vladimir Putin in the coming days, saying he is not happy with the situation.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the United States is prepared to increase pressure but needs EU support, arguing coordinated measures and tariffs on buyers of Russian oil could cause Russia’s economy to collapse.
• EU sanctions coordinator David O’Sullivan is meeting U.S. officials in Washington as the bloc works on a 19th package, with the U.S. already imposing 25% tariffs on Indian goods and the scope and timing of wider steps still uncertain.