Trump says Russia has '10 days from today' to end Ukraine war, or face penalties

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Russia has "10 days from today" to end its war on Ukraine, or face US penalties.

Trump laid out his new deadline for the Kremlin while addressing reporters aboard Air Force One, saying, "We're going to put on tariffs and stuff" if Moscow does not halt the war.

"I don't know if it's going to affect Russia, because he wants to, obviously, probably keep the war going, but we're going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on, it may or may not affect them," Trump said in an apparent reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump on Monday threatened Russia with sanctions and secondary tariffs, or tariffs on Russian trading partners, if it does not end the Ukraine war in "about 10 or 12 days," much earlier than a previous 50-day deadline. But his comments Tuesday moved up his deadline, giving the Kremlin until Aug. 8 to take action.

His previous 50-day deadline would have fallen in early September.

Ahead of his sit-down with UK Premier Keir Starmer, Trump said he is "very disappointed" with Putin, because the Russian president "goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever."

"We're going to have to look. I'm going to reduce the 50 days that I gave him (for ceasefire with Ukraine) to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer," he added.