Trump has given Russia 50 days to reach an agreement with Ukraine and will send American weapons to Kyiv.

US President Donald Trump once again expressed his disappointment with Russia and promised to impose “very tough tariffs” if a peace agreement is not reached soon. “We are very, very unhappy with them (Russia). And if we do not agree within 50 days, we will impose very tough tariffs, about 100%. You call them secondary sanctions (sanctions against Russia’s trading partners),” Trump stated during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Trump also announced that NATO and the US had agreed to supply weapons to Ukraine. The new equipment will be made for NATO and will be available for further supply to Ukraine. Rutte said Ukraine would get “a huge amount of military equipment”, including air defense, missiles, and ammunition.

Additionally, the US president announced the upcoming shipment of more Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine. He confirmed that the military aid scheme for Ukraine, funded by European countries, also includes Patriot systems – “complete with batteries”. “Some of them will arrive very soon – in fact, within a few days. Several countries with Patriots will swap them, and we will replace Patriots with theirs,” he explained.

Trump added that “there is a country that has 17 Patriots ready to be sent. And we will work on an agreement under which 17 or a significant part of the 17 systems will be sent to the battlefield.”