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After US President Donald Trump announced that billions of dollars worth of military equipment will be sent to Ukraine, politicians in Kyiv welcomed the move as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday said he spoke to the US president and thanked him for the support.
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Trump, while announcing slew of military aid to Ukraine, also threatened Russia with a deadline of 50 days to broker a ceasefire deal with Ukraine or face sanctions. The officials in Moscow dismissed Trump’s sanctions threat as “hot air”.
Zelenskyy said he and President Trump have agreed to speak more frequently and continue to coordinate the steps. “It was a very good conversation. I thanked him for his readiness to support Ukraine and to continue working together to stop the killings and establish a lasting and just peace,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram app.
I spoke with @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte. Another very good conversation. Mark informed about today’s meeting in Washington with President Trump and about the details of cooperation between Europe and the U.S. to continue and strengthen support for Ukraine.
We appreciate the…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 14, 2025
In a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Monday, Trump said he was disappointed with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the US would send Patriot anti-aircraft batteries and interceptor missiles among billions of dollars of US weapons to Ukraine.
Great meeting with @POTUS today. We’re already delivering on decisions from the #NATOSummit in a major way, bringing together more spending, more production & more support to Ukraine. Russia’s brutality needs to stop – this new initiative will help deliver just and lasting peace pic.twitter.com/gLe7WrEDDp
— Mark Rutte (@SecGenNATO) July 14, 2025
Trump promised that additional patriot systems would arrive in a few days and it is being sponsored by Germany and other NATO partners. Kyiv reportedly has only six functioning patriot batteries. It would be a significant step for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia’s barrage of missile and drone attacks.
Trump also threatened sanctions on countries who are buyers of Russia exports, especially Russian oil, unless it agreed to a peace deal with Ukraine and expressed frustration over Moscow’s repeated attacks on Kyiv. The threat sanctions have a deadline of 50 days.
Russian officials and pro-war bloggers dismissed Trump’s sanctions threat and portrayed them as far less serious than anticipated.
Since Moscow stepped up its aerial attack on Kyiv in recent weeks, Trump has signalled disenchantment with Putin though the US president’s second term started with a more conciliatory approach to Russia.
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