Trump warns Putin he's ‘not done' with him and ‘trusts no one' after issuing ultimatum as Ukraine launches drone blitz

The Sun

3 days ago

DONALD Trump has warned Vladimir Putin he's 'disappointed but not done' with the Russian tyrant, saying he 'trusts almost no-one.'
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he still believes a peace deal with Russia is possible, but made clear his patience is wearing thin.
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The remarks came just hours after he issued a 50-day ultimatum to Putin to end his assault on Ukraine or face sweeping tariffs and US-supplied long-range missiles that could reach Russian soil.
'I'm disappointed in him, but I'm not done with him. But I'm disappointed in him,' Trump told the BBC on Monday in a 20-minute phone interview.
'We're working it, Gary,' he said when pressed on how he plans to stop the bloodshed.
'We'll have a great conversation. I'll say: 'That's good, I think we're close to getting it done,' and then he'll knock down a building in Kyiv.'
Trump's frustration with Putin boiled over on Monday as he warned of "very severe" 100 per cent secondary tariffs on Russia if it refuses to reach a ceasefire deal within 10 days.
'We're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days,' he said during a meeting with Nato chief Mark Rutte at the White House.
In one of his biggest threats yet, Trump has ordered the deployment of an arsenal of "top-of-the-line" weapons to Nato for immediate delivery to Ukraine.
The package includes long-range missiles capable of hitting Moscow, in what military experts say could shift the balance in the war.
It comes as Ukraine launched a large-scale drone blitz across southwestern Russia, damaging homes, commercial sites, and injuring civilians in the Voronezh and Lipetsk regions.
In Voronezh, 12 drones were intercepted, but falling debris injured several people and damaged apartments and suburban houses, regional Governor Alexander Gusev said.
'Unfortunately, there were injuries,' he confirmed on Telegram.
In Lipetsk, a drone crashed in an industrial area of Yelets, injuring one person, according to regional governor Igor Artamonov.
Russia's defence ministry claimed 55 drones were shot down overnight across five regions and the Black Sea, including three in Lipetsk.
The extent of the damage is still being assessed, and Ukraine has not commented on the strikes.
Both Kyiv and Moscow deny targeting civilians, but the war — now in its fourth year — has claimed thousands of civilian lives, most of them Ukrainian.
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