Trump Says Russia Has Until Aug. 8 to Make Peace With Ukraine or Face Sanctions
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Trump Says Russia Has Until Aug. 8 to Make Peace With Ukraine or Face Sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump has set a new deadline of August 8 to end the Ukraine conflict. He had previously set a deadline of July 31. Russia says it will continue to fight the war in Ukraine.
“Ten days from today,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked to clarify his new deadline for ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump, who was flying back from the United Kingdom to Washington, had accused President Vladimir Putin on Monday of holding “nice and respectful conversations” while continuing to “launch rockets” at Ukrainian cities. He said he would shorten his previous 50-day deadline for ending the war to 10-12 days, warning of new sanctions and possible secondary tariffs.
The Kremlin said earlier on Tuesday that it had “taken into account” Trump’s latest ultimatum, but declined to comment on the prospect of new sanctions. Top spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the war against Ukraine would continue regardless of the threats coming from the U.S. president.
Trump says Russia has ’10 days from today’ to end Ukraine war, or face penalties
President Trump sets a new deadline for Russia to end the Ukraine war. He says he will put on tariffs if Russia does not end the conflict. The previous deadline was set for August 8. The U.S. and Ukraine have been at odds over Ukraine since the start of the war in Ukraine in March.
Trump laid out his new deadline for the Kremlin while addressing reporters aboard Air Force One, saying, “We’re going to put on tariffs and stuff” if Moscow does not halt the war.
“I don’t know if it’s going to affect Russia, because he wants to, obviously, probably keep the war going, but we’re going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on, it may or may not affect them,” Trump said in an apparent reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump on Monday threatened Russia with sanctions and secondary tariffs, or tariffs on Russian trading partners, if it does not end the Ukraine war in “about 10 or 12 days,” much earlier than a previous 50-day deadline. But his comments Tuesday moved up his deadline, giving the Kremlin until Aug. 8 to take action.
His previous 50-day deadline would have fallen in early September.
Ahead of his sit-down with UK Premier Keir Starmer, Trump said he is “very disappointed” with Putin, because the Russian president “goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever.”
“We’re going to have to look. I’m going to reduce the 50 days that I gave him (for ceasefire with Ukraine) to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer,” he added.