When selling weapons to foreign nations, the United States will prioritize orders related to supplying arms to Ukraine via European partners, says US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker on Fox News. The US will focus on delivering weapons to Ukraine even while fulfilling other international arms sales.

President Donald Trump is getting serious about the Russian threat. After pledging new arms shipments to Ukraine and threatening crippling secondary tariffs if Russia does not sue for peace in fifty days,

A POLITICO analysis reveals telling gaps between the big spenders near Eastern Europe and those further from Russia, who are still creeping toward a decade-old target.

President Trump’s recent shift to a more hawkish stance on Ukraine, including a new round of arms sales and a vitriolic diatribe against Vladimir Putin, is seen by some as a “betrayal” of his “America First” rhetoric.

As the conflict in Ukraine labors into its third year, one question now lingers over the war: Can a rapid influx of Western arms and a threatening tariff threat pressure a change in Moscow’s calculus?

At this early stage, prioritization is only one of several approaches the Trump administration may pursue. But for now, signs of prioritization are evident in the administration’s words and actions. In the Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance,

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 a new strategy to end the war in Ukraine, threatening Russia with tariffs and sending billions in U.S. weapons to Kyiv, with European countries footing the bill.

Russia continues its attacks in Ukraine following Trump's ultimatum: a ballistic missile and 400 drones. Russia is monitoring the supply of weapons from the West to Ukraine. This is a top priority for the Kremlin,