Breaking: Putin Bombs Ukraine As Trump Teases ‘Big’ Russia Announcement Monday

As you listen to Donald Trump’s latest rhetoric—one minute promising weapons to Ukraine, the next threatening to take them away, then claiming he’s selling them through NATO—you need to understand one thing: it’s all a distraction.

Now, Trump says he’ll announce something “big” with Russia on Monday. He’s floating meaningless sanctions while his allies look the other way. The truth? Nobody is enforcing these sanctions. Not in a way that matters. Not in a way that stops the bloodshed.

Meanwhile, Putin is escalating.

In the early hours of July 12, Russia launched one of its most coordinated and ferocious attacks of the year—firing 597 Iranian-made Shahed drones, decoys, and 26 Kh-101 cruise missiles at both western and eastern Ukrainian cities.

Ukrainian defenders managed to down 319 drones and 25 missiles, but the cost was devastating:

• At least 2 civilians were killed and 14 wounded in Chernivtsi.

  

• Dozens more were injured in Lviv, Kharkiv, and surrounding towns.

  

• Schools, homes, power stations, and water systems were obliterated.

This wasn’t a random strike. This was a targeted escalation meant to expand the war’s psychological toll. It pushed deeper into cities that many had once considered relatively safe.

Putin is sending a message: no one in Ukraine is safe.

And what is Donald Trump doing? Playing games. Telling the press that “big things are coming” with Russia on Monday. Ukrainians bury their dead.

Let’s be very clear.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could stop this war right now.

• Putin just has to stop attacking.

• Trump—if he truly wanted peace—could authorize full military support to Ukraine. Not symbolic gestures. Not a couple of Patriot batteries that run out in days. But the actual weapons Ukraine needs to win.

But that’s not what’s happening.

Instead, as I’ve told you in recent weeks, the real plan now is to prolong the war. Delay aid. Give just enough to keep Ukraine bleeding—but not enough to help them win.

Trump isn’t talking about an open check of support. He’s offering scraps—deliberately limited—and spinning it like generosity.

And let’s remember: while Ukraine is under relentless assault from Russia, with support from Iran, North Korea, and China, they’re still fighting back. Still standing. Still surviving. Despite Donald Trump.

That should tell you everything.

If you’ve been reading my letters, you know this is not about opinions. I’m not speculating. I’m not throwing darts in the dark.

I’m giving you facts, intel, and real-time insight from sources around the world—people who are scared, who are watching this unfold, and who are begging for Americans to see through the noise.

If you’ve ever wondered when to act—this is it.

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Lev Parnas