Overview

• President Donald Trump announced new shipments of primarily defensive arms to Ukraine after briefly suspending deliveries over concerns about US ammunition stock levels.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov denounced the pledge as undermining peaceful resolution efforts and accused Western states of favoring continued hostilities.
• Overnight on July 8–9, Russia launched 728 drones and 13 missiles—their biggest such assault since 2022—with Ukraine intercepting the vast majority.
• Ukraine struck back with cross-border drone attacks into Russia’s Kursk region that killed three people and wounded seven, according to local authorities.
• Kyiv has directed its defense minister and general staff chief to intensify negotiations with the US for additional air-defense systems as frontline fighting persists in Dnipropetrovsk.