Overview

• Russia has continued heavy drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities despite a ten-day ceasefire ultimatum.
• Trump condemned Kremlin attacks as “widerwärtig” and pledged targeted sanctions if Moscow refuses to agree to a truce.
• He warned that countries still importing Russian oil, including India and China, would face secondary penalties.
• Special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading back to Moscow to press for a weapons-halt agreement.
• In response to nuclear-tinged warnings from Dmitri Medwedew, Trump ordered two nuclear-powered submarines positioned closer to Russian waters.