Reuben Johnson
An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 54th Fighter Group sits on the flightline at Holloman Air Force Base, May 1, 2025. The F-16 was the first production aircraft with a fly-by-wire flight control system, meaning it's controlled electronically instead of with direct mechanical linkages, allowing for more precise and safer maneuvers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gaspar A. Cortez)Key Points and Summary – A single, secret phone call on July 4th from Poland’s Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, reportedly triggered President Trump’s dramatic policy U-turn on Ukraine.
-Sikorski informed Trump’s envoy that Russia had just launched a massive attack on Kyiv that struck the Polish consulate, framing the move as Vladimir Putin personally “mocking” Trump’s peace efforts.The insult, coming just after a Trump-Putin phone call, reportedly infuriated the President.He immediately ordered the Pentagon to reverse a freeze on military aid, a pivotal moment that led directly to resumed Patriot missile shipments and a tougher U.S. stance on Russia.WARSAW, POLAND – It was early morning on July 4 – a Friday and one of the biggest annual US holidays.
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was hoping to take a rest for at least part of the weekend.Suddenly, Kellogg’s mobile phone lit up with a phone call with a +48 prefix, the country code for Poland.On the line from Warsaw and six hours ahead of US East Coast time was Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.What he had to say to the American presidential envoy may very well end up changing the course of this war that has been on-going since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Sikorski had two kinds of news to relay to Kellogg: the bad kind and the worse kind.The bad news was that overnight, Russia had mounted another one of its massive attacks on Ukrainian cities.No less than 11 missiles and 539 drones had been launched at Kyiv alone. At the time this was the largest Russian barrage against the Ukrainian capital since the war began. Although, since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military has exceeded even these numbers in subsequent attacks.)
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