Trump believes Saudi Arabia is best placed to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table. He told reporters last night that both sides want a deal because they have no choice. This was the largest-scale Russian attack involving ships based in the Black Sea since the start of the year, Ukrainian navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk says.

President Trump must understand that epithets and exaggeration undermine America’s greatest weapon: our credibility.

Anybody” would step up the attack, Trump said of Russia’s first major missile assault on Ukraine since the U.S. paused intelligence sharing with the embattled country.