Donald Trump has once again expressed his disappointment with Russian president Vladimir Putin and announced 100 per cent sanctions on Russia as he pledged more weapons for Ukraine, including 17 Patriot missiles which Kyiv has urgently sought.
“We’re going to be doing secondary tariffs,” the US president said, announcing sanctions on countries who trade with Moscow. “If we don’t have a deal in 50 days, it’s very simple, and they’ll be at 100 per cent,” the US president said, adding that he was disappointed in Mr Putin.
Mr Trump announced that billions of dollars of US weapons would go to Ukraine, and said: “We’re going to make top-of-the-line weapons, and they’ll be sent to Nato.”
“We have one country that has 17 Patriots getting ready to be shipped… we’re going to work a deal where the 17 will go or a big portion of the 17 will go to the war site,” he said, adding that some will “come very soon, within days”.
Mr Trump has grown increasingly disenchanted with Mr Putin after he resisted Washington’s attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.
