Trump initially gave Putin 50 days to reach a ceasefire deal for Ukraine. He’s now giving him only 10-12 days | Credit: Kutsenko Volodymyr/Shutterstock
Donald Trump has reduced the timeframe for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to 10 to 12 days, the US president said during a visit to a NATO ally in the United Kingdom on Monday.
“I’m going to make a new deadline of about 10, 10 or 12 days from today,” Trump said in response to a question while sitting with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, according to the Guardian. “There’s no reason to wait. I want to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress being made.”
Russian and Ukrainian diplomats met in Istanbul last week, agreeing on another prisoner exchange. Ukraine proposed a summit by the end of August between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Moscow said such a meeting would only be appropriate if it were to sign an agreement.
The meeting was the third round of negotiations in Istanbul. Putin has not attended any of the talks, despite Trump’s exhortations. Ukraine celebrated Trump’s timeframe.
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