President Donald Trump has dismissed Ukraine’s plea for more Patriot anti-air missiles following widespread reports that US interceptor stockpiles have been significantly depleted by the war with Iran.

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has warned that his country is running out of Western-supplied interceptors to fend off Russian strikes. On Wednesday, Ukrainian forces failed to intercept a single missile during an overnight barrage on Kiev.

“The United States knows exactly what we need and that this is not about something abstract,” Zelensky said in a video address on Thursday.

Asked by a reporter in the Oval Office later that day about Ukraine’s request, Trump replied: “Well, I mean, we want missiles too.” He added that his predecessor, Joe Biden, provided Kiev with $300 billion worth of ammunition “free of charge,” at the expense of US stockpiles.

“When I left [the presidency in 2021], it was full. And he gave a lot of it away. And now we are rebuilding it,” Trump said. He added, however, that the stockpiles were “in good shape” and bragged about an “unlimited supply” of weapons.

We are not involved [in the Ukraine conflict]. We are separated by an ocean,” Trump said in response to a question about Russian strikes on Ukraine.

Last week, Trump denied that he had agreed to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriots, backtracking on a statement he made several weeks earlier following a meeting with Zelensky.

Multiple news outlets have reported in recent months that the Pentagon is grappling with shortages of both interceptors and precision-strike munitions. CNN cited sources this week as saying that the US has exhausted nearly 80% of the interceptors available for its THAAD missile defense system compared with pre-war levels.

Trump reportedly clashed over the issue with War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who, according to media reports, denied misleading the president about depleted stockpiles. Both Trump and Hegseth have publicly denied the shortages and scolded the media for spreading “fake news.”

Russia has intensified its bombardment of Kiev and Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in recent weeks following strikes on Russian cargo ships, energy facilities, and warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s equivalent of Amazon. Moscow has said its campaign is focused on military and dual-use sites, including factories and drone-parts storage facilities, as well as ships transporting military equipment.

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Vladimir Zelensky would overwhelmingly lose a Ukrainian presidential election if it were staged now, a new survey by local pollster Socis suggests.

Zelensky’s term expired in May 2024, but he has refused to call a new vote, citing martial law, which he imposed after the escalation between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022.

According to the Socis poll published on Thursday, the Ukrainian leader would make it to the second round of a hypothetical election, only to be defeated by any of his three main rivals.

Former top Ukrainian general Valery Zaluzhny, who serves as Kiev’s ambassador to London after being dismissed as army commander-in-chief in February 2024, would beat Zelensky by 66.2% to 33.8%, the figures by Socis suggested.

Despite being out of the country, Zaluzhny has consistently topped the trust ratings in Ukraine. Publicly, the general says he harbors no political ambitions, but media reports claim he is gearing up for a presidential run.

Zelensky’s chief of staff, Kirill Budanov, would also defeat him in the second round by 60.3% to 39.7%, the pollster said.

Reports have claimed that the Ukrainian leader appointed Budanov as the head of his office in January in order to keep him close due to concerns over the former special forces soldier’s growing power as the chief of military intelligence (HUR).

Since taking the job, Budanov has contradicted his boss on numerous occasions, including by speaking about the need for talks with Moscow, downplaying Ukraine’s technological advances, and acknowledging difficulties with mobilization,

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov, who was sacked in mid-July, would defeat Zelensky in the vote by 63.8% to 36.2%, according to Socis.

Fedorov’s removal provoked protests in Kiev and other cities, with demonstrators demanding his reinstatement. The former minister, who has declined all other positions offered to him, said he will not challenge Zelensky politically as long as the conflict with Russia continues.

The Ukrainian leader reportedly removed Fedorov over fears that he could become a political rival, and also due to his close ties to Western-backed anti-corruption bodies in the country.

The study by Socis was carried out between July 28 and August 2, involving 2,000 respondents.

In an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in March, Zelensky said Ukraine will “certainly”hold a presidential election, but only after the conflict with Russia ends. “I’m not at all sure that I’ll run, I’ll see what the Ukrainians want,” he claimed.

Moscow has described Zelensky as illegitimate, with his dubious status potentially being an obstacle to signing a peace agreement.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US would be shooting itself in the foot with its new bill on secondary sanctions against Russia, Republican Senator Rand Paul said in an article published on Friday.

Earlier in the day, the Senate voted 86-11 to pass the bill spearheaded by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (was listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia), with the legislation now being sent to the House of Representatives. Paul was the only Republican rejecting the initiative.

"Imposing a 100 percent tariff on all goods imported from countries like China and India is the economic equivalent of shooting ourselves in the foot," Paul said in an article for Daily Caller.

The bill essentially proposes a half-trillion-dollar tax increase for Americans, the senator said, adding that he proposed an amendment that would repeal the executive branch's authority to impose 100% tariffs.

"Congress should not delegate its constitutional duties to the Executive so shamelessly," Paul stated, adding that "I hope I am not the only Republican left in Congress who is horrified by a bill that proposes to raise taxes by half a trillion dollars."

Tariffs are a tax on imports paid by Americans, the lawmaker said, calling the claim that the burden of tariffs will fall on foreign suppliers "laughable" and "absurd" and adding that Americans, who already feel the cost of living is rising, will have to pay.

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MEANWHILE RUSSIA MIGHT RENAME ITS OIL AS "GUARANTEED 100 % GRAHAM's OIL" AND SELL TWICE AS MUCH....

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