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The Herald Scotland
a day ago
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Donald Trump announces new deadline for Putin to end war
Speaking at a meeting with Keir Starmer, Mr Trump indicated a deadline for Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table over the Ukraine invasion would be between 10 and 12 days instead of the 50 days previously agreed. Pressed on what exactly the new deadline is during his meeting with [[Keir Starmer]] at his golf resort in South Ayrshire, Mr Trump said it is now "10 or 12" days from today. 'I am going to make a new deadline of around 10 or 12 days from today,' Mr Trump said, 'We just don't see any progress being made.' He added: "There's no reason to wait if you know what the answer is going to be.' Trump said if they don't come to an agreement he may impose sanctions or secondary tariffs. "I don't want to do that to Russia, I love the Russian people," he said. Scenes after a Russian air attack in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. (Image: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Before his meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Mr Trump told reporters outside Turnberry he had been close to reaching a ceasefire deal five times, however, he was 'very disappointed' in Putin. He said: "I've spoken to President Putin a lot, I've gotten along with him very well," he says, but adds that Putin "goes out and starts launching rockets into some city, like Kyiv, and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever, you have bodies lying all over the street" Questioned about Gaza during his trip to Scotland, Mr Trump said the US will establish food centres without fences in Gaza to tackle 'real starvation' as he also commented that there are "alternative" plans if Hamas does not release the remaining Israeli hostages. Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (Image: AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) The US president said: 'Hamas has become very difficult to deal with in the last couple of days, because they don't want to give up these last 20, because they think as long as … they have them, they have protection, but I don't think it can work that way. 'So I'm speaking to (Benjamin) Netanyahu, and we are coming up with various plans. 'I'm going to say it's a very difficult situation. If they didn't have the hostages, things would go very quickly, but they do, and we know where they have them, in some cases, and you don't want to go riding roughshod over that area, because that means those hostages will be killed.' Mr Trump told journalists during his trip to his Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire that the US would set up food centres in Gaza without fences. His comments come as, in Gaza,14 people have died of malnutrition in the past 24 hours, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The US President said: 'We're going to set up food centres, and we're going to do it in conjunction with some very good people. 'We're going to supply funds, and we just took in trillions of dollars, we have a lot of money and we're going to spend a little money on some food. 'And other nations are joining us. I know your nation's joining us, and we have all of the European nations joining us, and others also called and they want to be helpful. 'So we're going to set up food centres where the people can walk in and no boundaries, we're not going to have fences. 'You know, they can't, they see the food from 30 yards away and they see the food, it's all there, but nobody's at it because they have fences set up that nobody can even get it. It's crazy what's going on over there.' Sir Keir Starmer has said that the UK and the US can do 'our very best to alleviate' the situations in Gaza. After thanking Mr Trump for his work on the issue, Mr Starmer said: 'I think that if we can work not just on the pressing issues of the ceasefire, but also on this issue of getting humanitarian aid in at volume, at speed, and then we've discussed a plan for what then happens afterwards, I think we can do our very best to alleviate those […] situations. 'So thank you very much for the discussion we've had so far and the discussion we're about to continue on that really important issue.' Donald Trump also said 'other nations are going to have to step up' when it comes to helping people in Gaza. Speaking outside his hotel in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, the US president said: 'The United States recently, just a couple of weeks ago, we gave 60 million US dollars. It's a lot of money. 'No other nation gave money, I know the Prime Minister would, if he knew about it. And he really knows about it now, because we're going to be discussing it. 'But we gave 60 million US dollars, nobody said even thank you, you know, thanks, somebody should be saying thank you. But other nations are going to have to step up.' Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (Image: AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) When he meets with the US President, the First Minister John Swinney has said he will seek to ensure Mr Trump knows the 'strength of feeling' in Scotland over the humanitarian situation in [[Gaza]] . The two leaders are due to have a meeting tomorrow when President Trump opens his new golf course in Aberdeenshire, and they are expected to have dinner with each other tonight. Mr Swinney said people had been 'horrified' by events in Gaza, adding: 'We need to take action to secure a ceasefire in the Middle East. Speaking ahead of their meeting, the First Minister said: 'We need to take action to deliver humanitarian aid on the ground for the people of Gaza and the individual who is perhaps best placed to apply that pressure to the Israeli government is President Trump. 'And I want to ensure that President Trump appreciates the strength of feeling in Scotland that that should be the case.'
Boston Globe
a day ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Trump says he's shortening the 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine
Trump said he would now give Putin 10 to 12 days from Monday, meaning he wants peace efforts to make progress by Aug. 7-9. The plan includes possible sanctions and secondary tariffs targeting Russia's trading partners. The formal announcement would come later Monday or on Tuesday, he said. 'No reason in waiting,' Trump said of the shorter timeline. 'We just don't see any progress being made.' Advertisement Putin has 'got to make a deal. Too many people are dying,' Trump said during a visit to Scotland. There was no immediate response from Russia. Trump repeated his criticism of Putin for talking about ending the war but continuing to bombard Ukrainian civilians. 'And I say, that's not the way to do it,' Trump said. He added, 'I'm disappointed in President Putin.' Asked at a news conference about a potential meeting with the Russian leader, Trump said: 'I'm not so interested in talking anymore.' Still, he voiced some reluctance about imposing penalties on the Kremlin, saying that he loves the Russian people. 'I don't want to do that to Russia,' he said, but he noted how many Russians, along with Ukrainians, are dying in the war. Advertisement Ukraine has urged Western countries to take a tougher line with Putin. Andrii Yermak, the head of Ukraine's presidential office, thanked Trump for shortening the deadline. 'Putin understands only strength — and that has been conveyed clearly and loudly,' Yermak said on Telegram, adding that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared the sentiment. Latest attacks in Ukraine A Russian drone blew out the windows of a 25-story residential building in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the head of the city's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. Eight people were injured, including a 4-year-old girl, he said. The attack also started a fire in Kropyvnytskyi, in central Ukraine, local officials said, but no injuries were reported. The main target of the Russian attack was Starokostiantyniv, in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine, the air force said. Regional authorities reported no damage or casualties. Western Ukraine is on the other side of the country from the front line, and the Ukrainian military is believed to have significant airfields as well as arsenals and depots there. In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire in a fire department school following a Russian air attack in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, Monday, July 28, 2025. Uncredited/Associated Press The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces carried out an overnight strike with long-range, air-launched weapons, hitting a Ukrainian air base along with an ammunition depot containing stockpiles of missiles and components for drone production. Associated Press journalist Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed.
Glasgow Times
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
Zelensky renews offer to meet Putin for face-to-face talks to end war
Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded four Ukrainian cities in night-time attacks that officials said killed a child. Mr Putin has spurned Mr Zelensky's previous offers of a face-to-face meeting to end Europe's biggest conflict since the Second World War. But the Ukrainian leader insists that lower-level delegations like the ones expected for talks in Istanbul on Wednesday do not have the political heft to stop the fighting. A resident looks at damaged cars in a residential area following Russia's drone attack in Odesa (Michael Shtekel/AP) Each side's demands for ending Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour, launched on February 24 2022, remain far apart. 'Ukraine never wanted this war, and it is Russia that must end the war that it itself started,' Mr Zelensky said in a Telegram post. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that 'a lot of work needs to be done before having a detailed discussion on a possibility of high-level meetings,' effectively scotching hopes of a summit any time soon. He didn't provide a date for the Istanbul talks. Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Ukrainian and Western officials have accused the Kremlin of stalling in talks in order for its bigger army to capture more Ukrainian land. Russia currently holds about 20% of Ukraine. Russia, meanwhile, is driving hard to break through at eastern and north-eastern points on the 620-mile front line. It is also firing upwards of 700 drones a night at Ukrainian cities. Russian forces struck four Ukrainian cities in three regions in overnight attacks, killing a child and wounding at least 41 other people, officials said. From dusk on Monday evening, Russia struck the Ukrainian regions of Sumy in the northeast, Odesa in the south and eastern Kramatorsk. In Kramatorsk, a glide bomb hit an apartment building, starting a fire, according to the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko. A boy born in 2015 was killed, local officials said, without giving his exact age. Five other people were reported wounded. The Sumy region came under multiple waves of attacks, the regional military administration reported. A drone hit a gas station in the town of Putyvl, wounding four people, including a five-year-old boy, it said. A second drone strike hit the same location less than two hours later, wounding seven other people. After dark, two powerful Russian glide bombs were dropped on Sumy city, wounding 13 people, including a six-year-old boy. Russia's defence ministry, meanwhile, said Tuesday that air defenses downed 35 Ukrainian long-range drones over several regions overnight, including three over the Moscow region.
Western Telegraph
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Western Telegraph
Zelensky renews offer to meet Putin for face-to-face talks to end war
Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded four Ukrainian cities in night-time attacks that officials said killed a child. Mr Putin has spurned Mr Zelensky's previous offers of a face-to-face meeting to end Europe's biggest conflict since the Second World War. But the Ukrainian leader insists that lower-level delegations like the ones expected for talks in Istanbul on Wednesday do not have the political heft to stop the fighting. A resident looks at damaged cars in a residential area following Russia's drone attack in Odesa (Michael Shtekel/AP) Each side's demands for ending Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour, launched on February 24 2022, remain far apart. 'Ukraine never wanted this war, and it is Russia that must end the war that it itself started,' Mr Zelensky said in a Telegram post. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that 'a lot of work needs to be done before having a detailed discussion on a possibility of high-level meetings,' effectively scotching hopes of a summit any time soon. He didn't provide a date for the Istanbul talks. Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Ukrainian and Western officials have accused the Kremlin of stalling in talks in order for its bigger army to capture more Ukrainian land. Russia currently holds about 20% of Ukraine. Russia, meanwhile, is driving hard to break through at eastern and north-eastern points on the 620-mile front line. It is also firing upwards of 700 drones a night at Ukrainian cities. Russian forces struck four Ukrainian cities in three regions in overnight attacks, killing a child and wounding at least 41 other people, officials said. From dusk on Monday evening, Russia struck the Ukrainian regions of Sumy in the northeast, Odesa in the south and eastern Kramatorsk. In Kramatorsk, a glide bomb hit an apartment building, starting a fire, according to the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko. A boy born in 2015 was killed, local officials said, without giving his exact age. Five other people were reported wounded. The Sumy region came under multiple waves of attacks, the regional military administration reported. A drone hit a gas station in the town of Putyvl, wounding four people, including a five-year-old boy, it said. A second drone strike hit the same location less than two hours later, wounding seven other people. After dark, two powerful Russian glide bombs were dropped on Sumy city, wounding 13 people, including a six-year-old boy. Russia's defence ministry, meanwhile, said Tuesday that air defenses downed 35 Ukrainian long-range drones over several regions overnight, including three over the Moscow region.
Irish Examiner
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Irish Examiner
Zelensky renews offer to meet Putin for face-to-face talks to end war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of any progress were low as delegations from both governments prepared to hold a third round of direct talks. Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded four Ukrainian cities in night-time attacks that officials said killed a child. Mr Putin has spurned Mr Zelensky's previous offers of a face-to-face meeting to end Europe's biggest conflict since the Second World War. But the Ukrainian leader insists that lower-level delegations like the ones expected for talks in Istanbul on Wednesday do not have the political heft to stop the fighting. A resident looks at damaged cars in a residential area following Russia's drone attack in Odesa (Michael Shtekel/AP) Each side's demands for ending Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour, launched on February 24 2022, remain far apart. 'Ukraine never wanted this war, and it is Russia that must end the war that it itself started,' Mr Zelensky said in a Telegram post. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that 'a lot of work needs to be done before having a detailed discussion on a possibility of high-level meetings,' effectively scotching hopes of a summit any time soon. He didn't provide a date for the Istanbul talks. Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Ukrainian and Western officials have accused the Kremlin of stalling in talks in order for its bigger army to capture more Ukrainian land. Russia currently holds about 20% of Ukraine. Russia, meanwhile, is driving hard to break through at eastern and north-eastern points on the 620-mile front line. It is also firing upwards of 700 drones a night at Ukrainian cities. Russian forces struck four Ukrainian cities in three regions in overnight attacks, killing a child and wounding at least 41 other people, officials said. From dusk on Monday evening, Russia struck the Ukrainian regions of Sumy in the northeast, Odesa in the south and eastern Kramatorsk. In Kramatorsk, a glide bomb hit an apartment building, starting a fire, according to the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko. A boy born in 2015 was killed, local officials said, without giving his exact age. Five other people were reported wounded. The Sumy region came under multiple waves of attacks, the regional military administration reported. A drone hit a gas station in the town of Putyvl, wounding four people, including a five-year-old boy, it said. A second drone strike hit the same location less than two hours later, wounding seven other people. After dark, two powerful Russian glide bombs were dropped on Sumy city, wounding 13 people, including a six-year-old boy. Russia's defence ministry, meanwhile, said Tuesday that air defenses downed 35 Ukrainian long-range drones over several regions overnight, including three over the Moscow region.
