US President Donald Trump sharply shortened his independent timeline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree with the ceasefire in Ukraine and reduce the deadline from 50 days to “about 10 or 12 days”. During the press performance next to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Trump, he said he could no longer see the lack of progress in peaceful efforts.
“I’ll make a new date, about 10, 10 or 12 days from today. There’s no reason to wait,” Trump said. “It was 50 days, I wanted to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress.”
Exerting pressure on Russia
Trump’s move seems to be designed to increase the pressure on Moscow in the middle of the ongoing hostility in Ukraine. Comments mean a remarkable shift in Trump’s approach to Putin, with whom he previously requested a good relationship. The short term signals a harder line when the war in Ukraine crushes with the growing victims and a small sign of diplomatic breakthroughs.
Trump promises an economic war over Russia’s aggression
At the beginning of this month, Trump set a 50 -day term for Russia to stop his aggression in Ukraine and warn against serious economic consequences unless he followed.
He threatened to store 100% of tariffs on countries buying Russian exports such as oil – a step focused on suffocating income that helps Moscow to avoid international sanctions. The US and its allies consider such purchases a form of indirect support for Russian war efforts.
Despite the warning of Russia in weeks of Ukrainian cities, he continued to release heavy rockets and drones.
Disappointment in Putin
In unusually dull remarks, Trump had previously expressed his growing frustration with the Russian president and quoted repeated violations of previous understanding and fatal attacks in Ukraine.
“I am disappointed by President Putin – very disappointed in him,” Trump said. “We thought we had settled many times, and then President Putin was going out and starting to release missiles in a city like Kiev, and killing a lot of people in a nursing home or anything.”
“This is not a way to do it. So we’ll see what happens to it.”
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