Following Russia’s attack on Kyiv during the night of 3-4 July, which damaged the consular section of Poland’s embassy, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski phoned US President’s special envoy Keith Kellogg and called for a resumption of arms supplies to Ukraine.

Source: The Telegraph, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The call took place shortly after the United States had unexpectedly paused some of its military aid to Kyiv.

“Putin is mocking your peace efforts,” Sikorski told General Kellogg. “Please restore supplies of anti-aircraft ammunition to Ukraine,” he added.

“During the phone call, it was the heads-up about the embassy strike [strike on the consular section of the embassy – ed.] that appeared to resonate most with Gen Kellogg,” The Telegraph says. “As a retired three-star general, he knew this was the type of incident that leads to wars escalating and eventually spiralling out of control.”

The publication views what happened next as the first of a series of events that led to a shift in Donald Trump’s position on Ukraine. Almost immediately after ending his call with Sikorski, General Kellogg phoned the US president.

Trump responded quickly, and after exchanging 4 July greetings and congratulations on “one, big, beautiful bill,” Kellogg and Trump turned to the topic of Ukraine.

Kellogg briefed the president on the latest Russian attack and how the diplomatic facility of NATO ally Poland had been hit.

The general used this call to arrange the resumption of deliveries of Patriot surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine.

That night, Ukraine was attacked with 11 missiles and 539 drones. More significantly, the strikes occurred just hours after a phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Trump.

It was already known that the US President had been disappointed by Putin’s refusal to halt attacks on Ukrainian cities and by Moscow’s rejection of a proposed ceasefire.

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