Trump sets new Ukraine peace deadline
The set of punitive measures announced by Washington would involve secondary sanctions, including tariffs on countries and entities doing business with Russia. Trump's initial deadline was due to expire in early September.
'I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him [Putin] to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer what's going to happen,' Trump told journalists in Scotland ahead of a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. When further pressed on the new timeline, the president stated that it would be '10 or 12 days' from Monday.
The American leader claimed he had been close to reaching a ceasefire deal on Ukraine conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin five times. 'I've spoken to President Putin a lot, I've gotten along with him very well,' he said, while accusing Moscow of launching strikes against Ukrainian cities and stating that he was 'very disappointed' with the Russian leadership.
Moscow has stated throughout the conflict that it is open for dialogue and could start negotiations without preconditions, as long as the situation on the ground is taken into account and the root causes of the conflict are addressed during the talks. It also said Trump's new sanctions threats serve primarily 'as signals to continue war' for Ukraine and called on Washington to put pressure on Kiev instead.
Any new sanctions, including the secondary ones, would not affect Russia's policy as Moscow would 'continue to move along our independent, sovereign, and sustained path,' Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in response to Trump's previous threats.
The US president said earlier this week that he could potentially impose the announced sanctions before the previously declared deadline.
Moscow and Kiev renewed direct talks in Istanbul in May following an almost three-year pause. The latest round of negotiations took place last week. No ceasefire was reached, but the two sides made progress on humanitarian issues, including agreements on the exchange of prisoners of war and civilians.
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