Overview

• European Union partners will fully finance US-made Patriot air-defense systems that Washington will deliver to Ukraine at no cost to American taxpayers.
• President Trump set a 50-day ultimatum for Russia to accept a ceasefire deal or face 100 percent secondary tariffs on its remaining trade partners.
• NATO and the United States agreed to “massive” arms shipments for Ukraine, with European governments assuming the funding under a new transatlantic burden-sharing arrangement.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged that Berlin will finance multiple Patriot batteries and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will travel to Washington to coordinate further support.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude for the decision and will meet US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv to plan the Patriot deployment.