President Donald Trump met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House where he gave Putin 50 days to a strike peace deal or face tariffs as Trump announces NATO arms package to aid Ukraine.

Donald Trump’s remarks on Ukraine on Monday were far from the biggest announcement the US president could have made.

President Donald Trump approved an acceleration of arms shipments to Ukraine on July 14, with U.S. weapons paid for by European governments. “We’re going to be sending them weapons and they’re going to be paying for them,” Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Under the plan, other NATO countries would buy U.S.-made arms, then give them to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. NATO’s secretary general was set to meet Mr. Trump on Monday.

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US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Ukraine will receive Patriot missile systems as part of a new package of US weaponry has been warmly welcomed in Kyiv as it reels under nightly Russian bombardments.

Sending U.S. Patriots marks a shift for Trump, who had previously refrained from approving new weapons shipments to Ukraine since he returned to the White House. It also comes as U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced record levels of U.S. arms would go to Ukraine, dealing a blow to Putin.

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The creation of the Defence City special regime, which involves the creation of a special legal regime to support enterprises of the defense-industrial complex, has been supported by representatives of NATO and G7 partner countries.

The president’s call for Ukraine to avoid hitting Moscow continued his pattern of swinging between pressure on both sides to end the war and underscored the uncertainties about his strategy.