The US President had originally given the Russian tyrant 50 days – but the new ultimatum gives the Russian tyrant dramatically less time
Donald Trump set a new deadline for Vladimir Putin to come to the table for ceasefire talks with Ukraine.
The US President had originally given the Russian tyrant 50 days – which would expire on 3 September.
But speaking ahead of talks with Keir Starmer in Scotland today, he said he would shorten the timeline to 10-12 days – which would make the deadline almost a month sooner, between 7-9 August.
Consequences for Russia failing to agree to talks would include secondary sanctions, he added.
“I’m not so interested in talking anymore,” Trump told reporters.
Trump repeated his criticism of Putin for talking about ending the war but continuing to bombard Ukrainian civilians.
“He talks. We have such nice conversations and such respectful and nice conversations and people die the following night with a missile going into a town.”
“And I say, that’s not the way to do it,” Trump said, adding: “I’m disappointed in President Putin.”
Following the talks, a Downing Street spokesperson said the two leaders agreed they “must maintain momentum to bring about an end to the war with Russia, including by putting economic pressure on Putin to come to the table without further delay.”
Putin has “got to make a deal. Too many people are dying,” Trump said.
A Russian drone blew out the windows of a 25-story residential building in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the head of the city’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. Eight people were injured, including a 4-year-old girl, he said.
The attack also started a fire in Kropyvnytskyi, in central Ukraine, local officials said, but no injuries were reported.
The main target of the Russian attack was Starokostiantyniv, in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine, the air force said. Regional authorities reported no damage or casualties.
The western part of Ukraine is on the other side of the country from the front line, and the Ukrainian military is believed to have significant airfields as well as arsenals and depots there.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces carried out an overnight strike with long-range, air-launched weapons, hitting a Ukrainian air base along with an ammunition depot containing stockpiles of missiles and components for drone production.