Trump slashes Russia ultimatum to ‘10 or 12 days’

AFP | Turnberry

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Donald Trump issued yesterday a dramatic new ultimatum to Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face tough new sanctions, as he met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland.

Saying he was not very interested in talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin anymore, the US leader also shifted his tone on Gaza, acknowledging there were signs of “real starvation” in the conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory.

Trump, sitting alongside Starmer at the US leader’s luxury golf resort in Turnberry, south of Glasgow, said he was “very disappointed” with Putin over continued strikes against Ukrainian civilian targets.

He announced that he was reducing an earlier 50-day deadline for Putin to bring the Ukraine conflict to an end to “about 10 or 12 days”, starting immediately.

“There is no reason in waiting,” Trump said, adding he thought Putin would want to end things quick.

“I really felt it was going to end. But every time I think it’s going to end he kills people. “I’m not so interested in talking (to him) anymore,” he added.

Ukraine swiftly praised the US president’s stand and thanked Trump for “standing firm and delivering a clear message of peace through strength”.

“When America leads with strength, others think twice,” Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said on social media.