Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.

A U.S. official told the Journal that as more countries commit to transferring Patriots from their stockpiles to Ukraine, the Trump administration will reallocate upcoming deliveries to prioritize those allies.

A recent Russian drone strike deliberately targeted and damaged a Polish-owned factory in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a move that is escalating tensions along NATO’s eastern flank. -While the attack on the Barlinek Group facility does not trigger NATO’s Article 5 collective defense clause,

NATO Secretary-General Mark plans to hold talks with President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as well as members of Congress.

President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have given Vladimir Putin something to help focus his mind. The July 14 announcement of a new NATO-backed weapons corridor into Ukraine, routed through European allies and structured around arms sales rather than grants, ends for now the prospect of a wholesale American abandonment of Ukraine.

Putin’s refusal to compromise on Ukraine, say analysts, is a colossal error costing Russia regional influence, lucrative energy markets and its place in the world.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will take part in the Ramstein online meeting scheduled for Monday, July 21, according to a statement by the UK delegation to NATO. Representatives from the United Kingdom and Germany will be present at the upcoming Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting on July 21 to include US,

General Christopher Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, said allies could seize Kaliningrad "in a timeframe that is unheard of."