就在美国酝酿对俄罗斯新一轮制裁之际， 两国元首之间的裂痕在不断扩大。俄乌冲突也迎来了新的节点。
据新闻报道，当地时间7月9日，俄罗斯总统新闻秘书佩斯科夫在新闻发布会上表示，俄方无法证实CNN发布的有关美国总统特朗普曾威胁“轰炸莫斯科”言论相关报道的真实性。
该言论内容出现于2024年美国总统竞选白热化期间。当时特朗普在一场私人捐款人聚会上透露，他曾威胁过普京：如果俄方试图以武力解决乌克兰问题，美国将以“轰炸莫斯科”作为报复，但普京说自己不买账。特朗普还公开表示能在24小时内结束俄乌冲突。
有关“轰炸莫斯科”的资料此前未被公开过，但被几名美国获取后，在他们合写的新书《2024年：特朗普如何重返白宫，民主党如何失去美国》中被曝光。
特朗普自己还透露，他在第一个总统任期（2017-2020）内曾向普京发出过类似威胁。
2022年2月24日，因北约东扩威胁及乌克兰东部的顿巴斯领土争议，普京宣布对乌克兰开展“特别军事行动”。
持续至今的俄乌冲突是二战结束以来欧洲伤亡人数最多的战争。冲突发生后，西方国家对俄罗斯施加严厉制裁；乌克兰经济则遭到严重破坏，国家预算近四分之一依赖西方援助。
特朗普在2024年竞选总统期间多次放话当选后“24小时内解决俄乌冲突”。
进入2025年，特朗普就职总统后迅速推动，美俄关系突然解冻。他还试图推进俄罗斯重返国际市场。这也使得此前告一段落的特朗普“通俄门”热议重燃。
However, like trade negotiations with trading partners, Trump has recently had to admit that the reality of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is as complex as he had imagined, not as simple as he had thought.
The last phone call between Trump and Putin was on July 3rd this year. Later that day, Trump told that the call left him disappointed, expressing his dissatisfaction with Putin, who had promised much and had always been very good, but the outcome was meaningless.
In a cabinet meeting on July 8th, Trump further stated that more defensive weapons were being approved for Ukraine and considerations were being made for further sanctions against Russia.
During the NATO summit held in the Netherlands last month, Trump hinted at the United States’ ongoing study of providing Ukraine with “Patriot” air defense systems, with the intention of continuously “consuming” Russia.
On July 9th, one week after the U.S. Department of Defense ordered a temporary halt to some supplies for Ukraine, the Trump administration resumed the delivery of some weapons to Ukraine. An anonymous U.S. official revealed that the weapons supplied to Ukraine included 155mm artillery ammunition and precision guided rockets. This undoubtedly came as a lifeline to Ukraine, which is currently in a disadvantageous position on the front lines of the conflict.
From the evening of the 8th to the early hours of the 9th, Russian forces fired 728 drones, 6 “Abrams” hypersonic ballistic missiles, and 7 cruise missiles into Ukrainian territory, resulting in at least 3 deaths and 7 injuries, including 5 critically injured.