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President Trump is unloading on Russian President Putin after promising more military aid to Ukraine. Also, Russia unleashed a new drone and missile strike on Kyiv. NBC News' Monica Alba reports the latest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine early Thursday for the second time in two days.

Trump's "bromance" with Putin has had its "ups and downs", said Marc Bennetts in The Times, but with their "trading of compliments", "mutual massaging of egos" and "hours spent on the phone" together, the two presidents seemed to be getting on well.

After days of expressing displeasure with his latest phone call with Putin, Trump went even further at a Cabinet meeting.

Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “pathological fixation” on preventing Ukraine from joining NATO, a direct Russian attack on the alliance is highly unlikely. -The war in Ukraine has exposed the Russian military’s significant weaknesses and its limited ability to project power,

Despite Kremlin statements and Russian President Vladimir Putin's claims of being ready for peace, attacks on Ukraine have only intensified this summer, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome.

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine is “killing a lot of people” on both sides. “I’m not happy with him, I can tell you that much right now. This is killing a lot of people,” Trump said of Putin during a meeting with his Cabinet.

Senate sanctions bill targeting Russia's energy exports with hefty tariffs gains momentum as Trump shifts position on Russia, with Graham teasing presidential support.