TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to resolve the conflict in Ukraine within 50 days. If the war continues, he has threatened to impose new economic sanctions against Russia.
"We are very unhappy, I am, with Russia," said Trump to reporters when meeting with NATO head Mark Rutte at the White House.
"We're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal within 50 days. It's very simple. And they'll be at 100%," said Trump. He added that the tariffs would be secondary.
Trump and Rutte also agreed that the NATO military alliance would purchase weapons from the United States, including Patriot anti-missile batteries, and distribute them to Ukraine to help in its fight against the Russian invasion.
"This is billions of dollars worth of military equipment which is going to be purchased from the United States, going to NATO, and that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield," said Trump as quoted by Al Arabiya.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Rutte said Ukraine would receive a large quantity of weapons under the agreement.
Trump sought to improve relations with Putin shortly after starting his second term in January, as he sought to fulfill his campaign promise to end the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours.
His closeness to Putin sparked fears in Ukraine, especially after Trump and his team criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February. However, Trump has become angry and frustrated with Putin in recent weeks. He accused the Russian leader of, instead of stopping the invasion into Ukraine, increasing the attacks.
Trump added about Putin on Monday, "I don't want to call him an assassin but he's a tough guy."
On Monday, Russian forces claimed to have seized new territories in eastern Ukraine. Two villages were captured, one in the Donetsk region and another in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian forces also killed at least three civilians in the eastern Kharkiv and Sumy regions on Monday, according to Ukrainian regional officials.
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