United States President Donald Trump has announced a deal to supply more weapons to Ukraine and has threatened to impose steep tariffs on Russia unless a peace deal is reached within 50 days.
The announcements on Monday marked a dramatic U-turn for US policy, as it comes weeks after the Pentagon announced it would be pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine.
But Trump has become increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin and hopes the weapons will help bring a swift end to Russia’s more than three-year invasion of Ukraine.
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