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Russia Pounds Ukraine With Drones and Missiles as Trump Weighs Sanctions After U.S. Site Hit

Trump set a two-week window to decide on tariffs or sanctions if talks stall.

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Overview

  • Russia launched 574 drones and 40 missiles in its largest strike in weeks, with a U.S.-owned industrial complex in Mukachevo reported nearly destroyed.
  • Trump voiced displeasure over the strike and said he will decide within two weeks on sanctions, massive tariffs, both, or no new action.
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said no PutinZelenski meeting is scheduled, stating Putin would meet only once a summit agenda is prepared.
  • Zelenski called for NATO-style collective-defense guarantees as part of any settlement and urged expanded allied funding and arms procurement.
  • Russia claimed fresh gains in Donetsk, and Ukraine said a drone attack ignited a Druzhba pipeline pumping station in Russia’s Briansk region, suspending oil flows to Hungary.