Overview

• Trump said he will impose significant U.S. sanctions on Russia only if all NATO members do the same and stop buying Russian oil.
• He urged allies to adopt tariffs of 50% to 100% on China that would be lifted after the war, arguing they would break Beijing's leverage over Moscow.
• Trump framed the conflict as the war of Biden and Zelensky and claimed it would not have started if he had been president.
• Ukraine's General Staff reported Russian forces tried to mass near Kupyansk using a pipeline exit to transfer personnel, with three of four branches damaged and flooded.
• Kyiv said the situation in and around Kupyansk is under control as counter-sabotage and search-and-attack operations continue.