NATO is gearing up to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine as Moscow continues to ramp up its offensive against Kyiv, refusing to bring an end to the three-year-long war.President Donald Trump, who is frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin,

According to a July 17 report by Defense News, Donahue made the comments at the LandEuro conference Wiesbaden, Germany. The conference is run by the Association of the U.S. Army. Donahue said the enclave is roughly 75 kilometers wide on the Lithuanian side and is surrounded by NATO countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washington's new sanctions ultimatum.

Mass attack hits cities overnight as Ukrainians brace for 50 more days of Russian terror * Putin unfazed by Trump's threats, plans to fight on in Ukraine, Reuters reports * Patriot missiles bound for Ukraine already being shipped,

The reshuffle of Ukraine’s government has been widely seen as a bid to boost relations with Trump. Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who was key in striking a mineral deal with the U.S. in May, was appointed as the new Prime Minister on Thursday.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more bodies of their war dead, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday, part of an agreement struck at the second round of peace talks in Istanbul in June. Vladimir Medinsky,