This week marked a possible pivot by President Donald Trump regarding Russia's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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The president’s call for Ukraine to avoid hitting Moscow continued his pattern of swinging between pressure on both sides to end the war and underscored the uncertainties about his strategy.

Russia's nuclear rules say it can use atomic weapons if the country — or one of its allies — is attacked, especially if the attacker is a non-nuclear nation backed by a nuclear power. That clause could be seen as applying to Ukraine,

Trump wanted to "make them feel the pain," as he put it on the July 4 call, the Financial Times reported, and force Russia into peace negotiations. Zelensky said Ukraine could hit the cities if the U.S. supplied the weapons, per the Post.

President Trump told reporters that Ukraine should not target Moscow following a report that he advised Ukraine to ramp up its attacks.

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Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine and threatened "biting" secondary tariffs of 100% on the buyers of Russian exports unless there is a peace deal in 50 days.

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions on its energy exports has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive.

US President Donald Trump, right, and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the recent Nato summit. Trump said he was ‘very unhappy’ with Russia over the lack of progress towards a deal to end the war © Telegram/Handout/Anadolu/ Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow,