UPDATE - Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, tariffs if it doesn't end Ukraine war in less than 2 weeks

ADDS MORE REMARKS FROM TRUMP, STATEMENT STARMER'S OFFICE

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) - US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Russia with sanctions and secondary tariffs if it does not end the Ukraine war in "about 10 or 12 days," much earlier than a previous deadline.

"I’m going to make a new deadline, of about ...10 or 12 days from today. There’s no reason for waiting. It was 50 days, I wanted to be generous, but we don’t see any progress being made," Trump told a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at one of the president’s commercial golf clubs in Scotland.

His previous deadline of 50 days would have fallen around early September.

"It would be sanctions and maybe tariffs, secondary tariffs," said Trump on the possible consequences on Russia, but added he would do so reluctantly as “I love the Russian people, they're great people."

Labelling the war a "really bloody war," the US president underlined that reaching a ceasefire deal would be "common sense."

He went on to say though on three occasions they seemed close to a ceasefire, then "all of a sudden missiles are flying into (Ukraine’s capital) Kyiv ... What's that all about?”

He added, voicing frustration: "This has happened on too many occasions and I don't like it."

Following the talks, a British government spokesperson said the two leaders agreed that they "must maintain momentum to bring about an end to the war with Russia, including by putting economic pressure on Putin to come to the table without further delay."

Ahead of their talks, Trump said he is "very disappointed" with Vladimir Putin, saying 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.