Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump pledges more weapons for Kyiv after sacked Russian minister found dead
Donald Trump has reversed his decision on military assistance for Ukraine and said the US will have to send more weapons as the besieged nation was getting “hit very hard now”.
“We have to,” Mr Trump said, speaking to reporters at the White House. “They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now. We’re going to send some more weapons – defensive weapons primarily,” the US president said.
This comes as Russian former transport minister Roman Starovoit has been found dead hours after he was fired unexpectedly by Vladimir Putin.
“Today, the body of the former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Roman Starovoit, was found with a gunshot wound in his personal car,” Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement.
The committee implied that Starovoit took his own life, news which comes hours after Putin fired Starovoit in an unexpected move as Russia’s transport sector faces challenges.
Putin’s decree gave no reason for the dismissal of Starovoit after barely a year in the job. Starovoit was appointed transport minister in May 2024 after spending almost five years as governor of the Kursk region bordering Ukraine.
