‘I’m disappointed in Putin’: Trump suggests he may cut 50-day deadline over Ukraine ceasefire | World News

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he may shorten the 50-day deadline he gave to Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a ceasefire deal over the war in Ukraine.
“I’m disappointed in President Putin,” Trump said while speaking alongside UK Prime Miner Keir Starmer in Scotland, according to Reuters. “I’m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number.”
However, Trump did not say what the new timeline would be.
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Two weeks ago, Trump threatened “very severe tariffs” on Russia’s trading partners “if we don’t have a deal in 50 days”
The BBC reported that Trump was responding to a question from a journal about the Ukraine conflict. He said he had been close to reaching a ceasefire agreement with Putin five times.
“I’ve spoken to President Putin a lot. I’ve gotten along with him very well,” Trump said, according to the BBC. “But then he goes out and starts launching rockets into some city, like Kyiv, and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever you have bodies lying all over the street.”

Trump added, “I may reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer what’s going to happen.”Story continues below this ad
Following Trump’s remarks, Russia’s MOEX stock index dropped as much as 1.2% during the day, according to Reuters. The index was down 0.8% from yesterday’s close as of 1219 GMT, MOEX data showed.
Russia’s Foreign Minry responded rejecting Trump’s approach. “The language of ultimatums, blackmail, and threats is unacceptable to Moscow,” it said. The minry also called the threat of new sanctions “mundane.
(With inputs from Reuters and BBC)