EDINBURGH – U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned Monday he intends to shorten the 50-day deadline he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin to achieve a deal that ends the three-year war in Ukraine, after Russia continued to bombard Ukrainian cities.
Russia fired an in a single day barrage of greater than 300 drones, 4 cruise missiles and three ballistic missiles, the Ukrainian air drive mentioned.
Trump mentioned two weeks in the past he would implement “extreme tariffs” on Russia except a peace deal is reached by early September, as he expressed exasperation with Putin over the bombardment of Ukrainian cities amid the Republican president’s attempts to stop the fighting.
Trump mentioned he would now give Putin 10 to 12 days from Monday, that means he desires peace efforts to make progress by Aug. 7-9. The plan consists of attainable sanctions and secondary tariffs concentrating on Russia’s buying and selling companions. The formal announcement would come later Monday or on Tuesday, he mentioned.
“No motive in ready,” Trump mentioned of the shorter timeline. “We simply don’t see any progress being made.”
Putin has “obtained to make a deal. Too many individuals are dying,” Trump mentioned throughout a go to to Scotland.
There was no quick response from Russia.
Trump repeated his criticism of Putin for speaking about ending the conflict however persevering with to bombard Ukrainian civilians.
“And I say, that’s not the best way to do it,” Trump mentioned. He added, “I’m upset in President Putin.”
Requested at a information convention a couple of potential assembly with the Russian chief, Trump mentioned: “I’m not so all in favour of speaking anymore.”
Nonetheless, he voiced some reluctance about imposing penalties on the Kremlin, saying that he loves the Russian folks. “I don’t wish to try this to Russia,” he mentioned, however he famous what number of Russians, together with Ukrainians, are dying within the conflict.
Ukraine has urged Western nations to take a harder line with Putin. Andrii Yermak, the top of Ukraine’s presidential workplace, thanked Trump for shortening the deadline.
“Putin understands solely energy — and that has been conveyed clearly and loudly,” Yermak mentioned on Telegram, including that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared the sentiment.
Newest assaults in Ukraine
A Russian drone blew out the home windows of a 25-story residential constructing within the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the top of the town’s navy administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. Eight folks had been injured, together with a 4-year-old woman, he mentioned.
The assault additionally began a fireplace in Kropyvnytskyi, in central Ukraine, native officers mentioned, however no accidents had been reported.
The primary goal of the Russian assault was Starokostiantyniv, within the Khmelnytskyi area of western Ukraine, the air drive mentioned. Regional authorities reported no harm or casualties.
Western Ukraine is on the opposite aspect of the nation from the entrance line, and the Ukrainian navy is believed to have vital airfields in addition to arsenals and depots there.
The Russian Protection Ministry mentioned its forces carried out an in a single day strike with long-range, air-launched weapons, hitting a Ukrainian air base together with an ammunition depot containing stockpiles of missiles and elements for drone manufacturing.
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Related Press journalist Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed.
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