Trump announces weapons deal with NATO to help Ukraine - as he gives Putin 50-day ultimatum

Donald Trump has agreed to nonstop "top of the enactment weapons" to NATO to enactment Ukraine - and threatened Russia with "severe" tariffs if it doesn't hold to extremity the war.

Speaking with NATO caput wide Mark Rutte during a gathering astatine the White House, the US president said: "We've made a woody contiguous wherever we are going to beryllium sending them weapons, and they're going to beryllium paying for them.

"This is billions of dollars worthy of subject instrumentality which is going to beryllium purchased from the United States," helium added, "going to NATO, and that's going to beryllium rapidly distributed to the battlefield."

Mr Trump besides said helium was "very unhappy" with Russia, and threatened "severe tariffs" of "about 100%" if determination isn't a woody to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine wrong 50 days.

The White House added that the US would enactment "secondary sanctions" connected countries that bargain lipid from Russia if an statement was not reached.

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It comes aft weeks of vexation from Mr Trump against Vladimir Putin's refusal to hold to an extremity to the conflict, with the Russian person telling the US president he would "not backmost down" from Moscow's goals successful Ukraine astatine the commencement of the month.

Earlier this year, the US president told Ukrainian person Volodymyr Zelenskyy "you're gambling with World War Three" successful a fiery White House meeting, and suggested Ukraine started the warfare against Russia.

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