“We are ready for action, to show strength,” he said, answering the presenter’s question whether Kyviv was going to attack deep into Russian territory if it received long-range weapons.

He specified that Kyviv would “not necessarily” use such weapons, but that it was necessary for “Russia to be aware of their existence.”

On July 14, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Washington had decided to continue transferring weapons and military equipment to Kyviv if Europe pays for such supplies.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will coordinate this process. In turn, the British newspaper Financial Times quoted its sources as saying that in a conversation with Zelenski on July 4, Trump discussed the possibility of supplying Ukraine with additional long-range ATACMS missiles.

On July 15, the U.S. president denied this information, stating that he would not transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine.

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