Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy doing ‘pretty well’ against Russia, declares Trump
Ukrainian president ‘holding his own’ in war, says US leader, as German chancellor flags ‘strong signal of support’ to Kyiv from European allies. What we know on day 1,583
TL;DR
- Donald Trump believes Volodymyr Zelenskyy is managing the war in Ukraine effectively.
- European allies, led by Germany, are preparing to send a strong financial and political signal of support to Ukraine at the Nato summit.
- Ukraine is expanding strikes on Russian facilities, including energy infrastructure and locations in Russian-held Crimea and southern Russia.
- A Russian strike in Ukraine's Kherson region killed two Norwegian People’s Aid mine disposal experts and wounded four others.
- Maxim Kruglov, a Russian opposition politician, was sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly spreading lies about the Russian army due to his anti-war posts.