EDINBURGH, Scotland — U.S. President Donald Trump stated 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.
His announcement got here as Russia fired an in a single day barrage at Ukraine of greater than 300 drones, 4 cruise missiles and three ballistic missiles, the Ukrainian air drive stated.
Trump stated 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 stated he would give Putin 10 to 12 days from Monday, that means he needs peace efforts to make progress by Aug. 7-9. The plan consists of potential sanctions and secondary tariffs focusing on Russia’s buying and selling companions. The formal announcement would come later Monday or on Tuesday, he stated.
“No cause in ready,” Trump stated of the shorter timeline. “We simply don’t see any progress being made.”
Putin has “bought to make a deal. Too many individuals are dying,” Trump stated throughout a go to to Scotland.
Trump repeated his criticism of Putin for speaking about ending the battle however persevering with to bombard Ukrainian civilians.
“And I say, that’s not the best way to do it,” Trump stated. He added, “I’m disillusioned in President Putin.”
A Russian drone blew out the home windows of a 25-story residential constructing within the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the top of town’s army administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. Eight individuals have been injured, together with a 4-year-old woman, he stated.
The assault additionally began a hearth in Kropyvnytskyi, in central Ukraine, native officers stated, however no accidents have been reported.
The primary goal of the Russian assault was Starokostiantyniv, within the Khmelnytskyi area of western Ukraine, the air drive stated. Regional authorities reported no injury or casualties.
The western a part of Ukraine is on the opposite facet of the nation from the entrance line, and the Ukrainian army is believed to have important airfields in addition to arsenals and depots there.
The Russian Protection Ministry stated 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 parts for drone manufacturing.
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Related Press journalist Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed.
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Observe AP’s protection of the battle in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine