MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.

President Donald Trump issues Russian President Vladimir Putin a 50-day deadline to end Ukraine war or face 100% tariffs, prompting skepticism from the EU's chief diplomat and Kyiv's mayor over 50-day timeframe.

Vladimir Putin is convinced his country is strong enough to secure total victory in Ukraine. But the Russian leader is forgetting two crucial things about the current geographic dynamic.

Donald Trump was today warned his tariff threats and promises to arm Ukraine was pushing Russia towards nuclear war — and Mad Vlad's forces would leave cities looking "Hiroshima and Nagasaki." State TV propagandist and war pundit Aleksandr Sladkov said Trump's crackdown on Russian warmonger Putin would backfire and it is the US President who "should be scared".

Donald Trump says the US is "not looking" to supply Ukraine with weapons to reach deeper into Russia. Meanwhile, the EU has failed to reach an agreement on an 18th round of sanctions against Moscow. DW has more.

Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, and Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, are expected to promise today to have their nuclear arsenals work together if Europe is threatened. Private equity firms have entered the $40 billion youth sports industry. Their investments could raise costs for families.

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive