28-7-2025
US President Donald Trump said he would impose a new deadline of 10-12 days for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine, ramping up pressures on Moscow to bring the fighting to a halt.
“I’m going to make a new deadline of about 10 — 10 or 12 days from today,” Trump told reporters in Scotland on Monday during talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “There’s no reason in waiting.”
Trump on July 14 initially announced a 50-day deadline on Russia — which would have fallen on Sept. 2 — threatening to impose stiff economic penalties on Putin if he did not end hostilities with Ukraine.
Earlier Monday, Trump told reporters he was “disappointed in President Putin.”
“I think I already know the answer, what’s going to happen,” Trump had added, indicating further skepticism that Putin would come to the negotiating table and commit to a ceasefire.
Trump in July had said he would impose 100% tariffs, which officials have cast as secondary levies that would fall on countries who buy Russian exports such as oil. Washington and other capitals allied with Kyiv view such oil purchases as a form of tacit support for Russia, helping to bolster its economy and undercut sanctions.
Trump’s threat marked a major shift in tone for the US president, who returned to office vowing to quickly end Russia’s war in Ukraine, citing his relationship with Putin. Those efforts have failed to materialize with Moscow only responding with maximalist demands for Ukrainian territory and declining calls for face-to-face talks between Putin and his counterpart, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Since Trump’s renewed sanctions threat, Russia has continued to launch blistering missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities. Trump, who initially focused his ire on Zelenskiy as an obstacle to peace, in recent weeks has signaled growing impatience, accusing Putin of not being sincere about wanting to end the war despite multiple calls and months of diplomacy.