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Donald Trump has threatened Russia with 100 percent “secondary rates” if the war in Ukraine does not end quickly, because he announced an agreement with NATO fellow people to send more weapons to Kiev.
During a meeting in the Oval Office with NATO-Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday, the American president said that he was “very unhappy” with Moscow due to the lack of progress in the direction of a deal to end the conflict.
“We are very unhappy – I am – with Russia,” said Trump. ‘I am disappointed in president [Vladimir] Putin, because I thought we had a deal two months ago. ‘
“We are going to do very serious rates if we don’t have a deal in 50 days, rates with about 100 percent, you would call them secondary rates,” he added. The rates would be “biting” and “whole, very powerful”.
Trump has previously increased the prospect of applying so -called “secondary rates”, those countries would affect those actions with Moscow, because he has become more and more frustrated by Putin’s invertiacity in peace talks.
“We have been very successful in settling wars” with trade, Trump claimed, referring to conflicts between India and Pakistan, and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Kremlin did not immediately respond to Trump’s announcement. Konstantin Kosachev, deputy speaker of the Russian Senate, wrote on social media that “the Europeans will have to continue to shoot[for arms supplies to Kyiv]. . . The only beneficiary is the American defense industry. ‘
He added: “More than 50 days can change a lot on the battlefield and in the mood of those in power in the US and NATO. But our mood will not be influenced at all.”
During Monday’s white house meeting, Trump also confirmed plans to send weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot Missiles Systems.
The president said that “billions of dollars in military equipment” would be purchased by NATO bondmen from the US, and that it would “be distributed quickly to the battlefield” in Ukraine.
Rutte said that Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Canada all hoped to participate in the weapon agreement.
“I spoke with Germany, said with the most larger [Nato] Countries, and they are really enthusiastic about this, “said Trump.
The weapon agreement included “everything,” Trump said. “They are patriots. They are all of them. It is a complete addition to the batteries.”
The president suggested that some patriots would come from Norway and said that one country had 17 patriot systems “that prepared to be sent”, which could be given “very quickly” to KYIV.
Rutte said that this would be “only the first wave” weapons to Ukraine, which adds that more would follow.
Patriot Interceptor missiles are crucial for the defense of Ukraine against Russian air strikes. The system made by the US is the only thing in Kyiv’s Arsenal that is able to shoot Russian ballistic rockets. Rutte emphasized that the Ukraine weapon agreement would take into account the US’s own stock.
Moscow has intensified its air bombing of Ukrainian cities in recent weeks. Hundreds of Iranian designed suicide drones are aimed at civil and military infrastructure in addition to cruise and ballistic missiles.
Ukraine’s air defenses have been scarce, forcing the army to make difficult decisions about which incoming weapons they should shoot. Although the interception percentage of KYIV is high – often around 70 percent – dozens of drones and different rockets pass his anti -aircraft weather in every attack.
According to the UN mission of the UN human rights in Ukraine, the highest monthly civilian casualties in three years were registered in June, killed with 232 and 1,343 injured.
