"We're going to send some more weapons – we have to. They have to be able to defend themselves," Trump said of Ukraine July 7.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said that his phone calls with Putin are 'dissapointing' as he says Ukraine was being 'hit hard'

This escalation is raising serious concerns.

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.

Russia's Minister of Transport reportedly killed himself just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, according to the country's state-run news agency, which cited the national Investigative Committee.

Roman Starovoit, Russia’s recently ousted transport minister, was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car in a Moscow suburb on Monday, just hours after President Vladimir Putin abruptly dismissed him. Russian authorities have launched an investigation, with suicide cited as the leading theory.