Overview

• On July 14, Trump abandoned dialogue with Putin and set a 50-day deadline for a Ukraine ceasefire, threatening 100% tariffs on Russian imports if hostilities continue.
• He warned that third countries purchasing Russian oil within the timeline would face comprehensive secondary sanctions.
• Coordinating with NATO allies, the U.S. unveiled a framework that channels allied purchases of U.S. military equipment to bolster Ukraine’s defenses.
• Trump clarified on July 15 that Ukraine will not receive long-range weapons capable of striking Moscow and urged Zelenskiy to avoid targeting Russia’s capital.
• Russia’s leadership, including Sergei Lavrov and Konstantin Kosachev, dismissed the new sanctions threats as ineffective and continued their offensive operations across multiple Ukrainian regions.