The United States will again send weapons to Ukraine because Ukrainians “have to be able to defend themselves,” U.S. President Donald Trump announced a few hours ago. Hungarian news portal Portfolio called it Trump’s “biggest U-turn yet.”
Before his dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump told the press about his decision to continue arms shipments, although no details were given as to what sort of “defensive weapons” would be sent.
Trump told reporters: “They are being attacked very harshly. We need to send them weapons — mainly defensive weapons, but they are being attacked very, very harshly.”
Previous reports would indicate Patriot air defense systems and AMRAAM missiles compatible with NASAMS batteries would be sent to help Ukrainian forces in their ongoing fight against Russia.
The White House and the Pentagon have made clear that support for Zelensky will not reach the same height as under Biden, according to the policy of “America First.”
As some analysts believe Putin has gained confidence in his ability to occupy annexed regions of Ukraine by year-end, others also state that Washington has recognized that efforts to reach a ceasefire have so far failed. Now, the Trump administration believes Kyiv needs to be able to defend itself.
Despite suffering some serious attacks by Moscow, Ukraine just launched a drone attack targeting an explosives factory in Krasnozavodsk, a town of about 10,000 people in the Moscow region.
Footage of the attack from the night of July 6-7 online shows something exploding in the Krasnozavodsk area, but it does not show the damage caused to the chemical plant.
Ukraine started using more powerful drones to destroy Russian factories.
📍Krasnozavodsk, Moscow region 🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/sNI6cuCZo7
— Victoria (@victoriaslog) July 7, 2025As pointed out by Portfolio, the drones had to likely fly directly over Moscow to reach their intended target, so it is strange they were not intercepted, given Russian air defenses are constantly on high alert across the Moscow region.
