Trump and Putin speak on call following U.S. pause of weapons shipments to Ukraine. Russia continues escalating attacks on Ukrainian cities.

As Russia ramps up missile attacks, US halts promised air defense shipments to Ukraine North Korea to send up to 30,000 more troops to aid Russia's war against Ukraine, CNN reports Ukraine denies another Russian claim of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast breakthrough,

Ukraine confirms strike on missile battery plant in Lipetsk During a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin said "Russia will continue to pursue its goals" in the war against Ukraine,

The president repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he would bring an end to the war in the first 24 hours of his second term.

Russia suffered approximately 1,022,090 military casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 2, 2025, with 1,110 personnel killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.