US President Donald Trump says he will reduce a 50-day deadline for Russia to sign a ceasefire with Ukraine and end hostilities there, because he was “disappointed” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports on July 28.

He announced that he was reducing an earlier 50-day deadline for Putin to bring the Ukraine conflict to an end to "about 10 or 12 days", starting immediately, Reuters reports. 

"There is no reason in waiting," Trump said, adding he thought Putin would want to end things quick and that he doesnt want to talk to the Rusian president any more. "I really felt it was going to end. But every time I think it's going to end he kills people.

"I'm disappointed in President Putin," Trump stated, speaking alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of their bilateral meeting at Turnberry, Scotland. "I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number."

Bankova thanked Trump for "standing firm and delivering a clear message of peace through strength".

"When America leads with strength, others think twice," Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said on social media.

Trump did not provide details of the consequences of the shortened deadline. The original 50-day ultimatum, issued earlier this month that expires on September 1, was widely seen as a warning to Moscow to either de-escalate military activity in Ukraine or face additional punitive measures from Washington.

The WHH has threatened Russia with 100% tariffs, but those will have almost no effect as Russia’s direct bilateral trade with the US has fallen to just $3bn since the Ukraine invasion.

Potentially more damaging is the Trump administration's threat to impose similar tariffs on any country that trades with Russia – including China and India that both import large amounts of Russian crude.

Analysts remain sceptical if those second tariffs will be implemented and if they are if they will be effective as the Kremlin and its partners have proven to be adroit at finding workarounds to sanctions.

As bne IntelliNews reported, India is already getting ready for the worst by diversifying its oil supplies to prepare for the possibility that  it may have to end its Russian crude imports if Trump carries thorugh on his threats.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Indian refiners—particularly India’s Reliance Industries Ltd —have capitalised on European avoidance of Russian oil, purchasing it at steep discounts and refining it into products such as diesel for re-export, including to Western markets. Roughly 20% of Reliance’s refined product exports are shipped to Europe, placing the company in direct focus under the EU’s incoming rules.

The situation with China is less clear. An increasingly close Russian ally, Beijing has ignored the White House calls for it to cut trade ties with Russia but Turkish and Chinese banks pulled out of Russia in 2024 due to fears of being hit by US secondary sanctions.

However, Beijing is likely to challenge any US tariffs on its imports on principle. Earlier Trump threatened to impose 200% tariffs on Chinese imports as part of a direct trade dispute, but the White House was later forced to climbdown after Beijing threatened to cut the US off from crucial critical mineral imports which China monopolises that would have crippled the US tech sector if stopped.

Moreover, Sergey Vakulenko, an independent energy analyst and consultant to a number of Russian and international global oil and gas companies, asked even if the sanctions did work and Russian oil was successfully cut off from its most important customers whether there is enough oil from other producers to supply the market.

“No one has enough oil to fully replace Russian exports,” Vakulenko said. “Even if countries spooked by Trump’s threats wanted to seek alternatives, they simply wouldn’t be able to find them… That inevitably leads to a price spike.”

Trump’s administration has oscillated between signalling a desire for re-engagement with Moscow and issuing hard-line warnings over Russia’s energy trade, its ties with Iran, and its battlefield tactics in eastern Ukraine. However, in the last month the US president has made some of his most pro-Ukraine, anti-Russia comments to date as he sours on Russia.

Prime Minister Starmer did not comment publicly on Trump’s statement. The two leaders are scheduled to hold closed-door discussions on Ukraine, Nato defence contributions, and transatlantic trade.