It’s important to remember how we got to this point. Trump proposed a peace deal heavily tilted in Russia’s favor—one that included freezing the battlefield lines, recognizing some of Russia’s gains, lifting all sanctions, and ending U.S. support for Ukraine. But even that was not enough for Putin.

President Donald Trump announced this week that the U.S. will send Patriot air-defense missiles to Ukraine and threatened new tariffs on Russia. Will Vladimir Putin back down? What should Trump's next move be? And what does the future hold for Ukraine? Newsweek contributors Daniel R. DePetris and Dan Perry debate:

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Miracles, evidently, do happen. President Donald Trump just announced that the United States will supply Ukraine with “billions and billions” of weaponry paid for by Europe. His Oval Office interlocutor,

The Russia-Ukraine war has entered a brutal new phase. In July 2025, Russia unleashed its largest-ever aerial assault on Kyiv, a sign of its growing dominance on the battlefield. But how did we get here?

“Putin will not negotiate as a loser,” one of his longtime associates tells TIME by phone from Moscow. “He knows that winners don’t get punished, and if he wins, all of this” — the sanctions, the tariffs — “will go away.”

US President Donald Trump is convinced that Russia has the upper hand in its war against Ukraine and will eventually emerge victorious. Source: Politico, as reported by European Pravda Details: The outlet notes that by giving the green light on 14 July for Europe to purchase Patriot missile defence systems and other weapons for Ukraine,

Vladimir Putin’s conduct has prompted Donald Trump’s shift as Russia’s war effort in Ukraine has gotten only more aggressive.

President Donald Trump seems to have learned the lesson painfully gleaned by all his 21st-century predecessors: You can’t reset US relations with Vladimir Putin.

Trump said the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached in 50 days.