{"id":71642,"date":"2025-07-15T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/15\/ukrainians-welcome-us-aid-concerned-over-trumps-ultimatum-to-putin\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:20:46","slug":"ukrainians-welcome-us-aid-concerned-over-trumps-ultimatum-to-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2025\/07\/15\/ukrainians-welcome-us-aid-concerned-over-trumps-ultimatum-to-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainians welcome US aid, concerned over Trump\u2019s ultimatum to Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Ukrainians welcomed President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-threatens-russia-with-tariffs-and-boosts-us-weapons-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-threatens-russia-with-tariffs-and-boosts-us-weapons-for-ukraine\/\">pledge of more U.S.-made weapons in their fight against Russia\u2019s invasion<\/a>, even though it is unclear what exactly they will get and how quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The time frame for further arms deliveries that European countries have agreed to pay for is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia is making a summer push to break through along the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, and its drones and missiles are hammering Ukrainian cities more than at any time in the past three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian officials have made no direct comment about Trump\u2019s decision to allow Russia 50 days to reach a deal to end the war, or face what he said would be \u201cvery severe\u201d economic sanctions. While some believe strict tariffs on Moscow could be a game changer, the postponement until September struck others as being too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Russia, Trump\u2019s delay of new sanctions is a reprieve. Senior Russian lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev commented: \u201cOh, how much can change both on the battlefield and with the mood of those leading the U.S. and NATO in 50 days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian state television pointed out that Trump\u2019s decision would bring a bigger financial burden for Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia currently holds about 20% of Ukraine. Ukraine\u2019s depleted army has recently been losing more territory, but there is no sign of a looming collapse on the front line, analysts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke to Trump after the Republican leader\u2019s Oval Office announcement Monday, expressing gratitude for the decision to send more Patriot air defense missiles that are vital to defend Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-threatens-russia-with-tariffs-and-boosts-us-weapons-for-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25195554436693.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump threatens Russia with tariffs and boosts US weapons for Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Trump said European allies would buy \u201cbillions and billions\u201d of dollars of U.S. military equipment\u00a0to be transferred to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe discussed \u2026 the necessary measures and decisions to provide greater protection for people from Russian attacks and strengthen our positions,\u201d Zelenskyy said on Telegram. \u201cWe agreed to talk more often and coordinate our steps in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and Zelenskyy have had a notoriously fraught relationship, and Washington\u2019s consent to providing more weaponry has eased Kyiv\u2019s worries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even so, some Ukrainians felt the U.S. decision won\u2019t alter the course of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we take the situation as a whole, it hardly looks like this will fundamentally change anything,\u201d Kyiv resident Oles Oliinyk, 33, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nina Tokar, 70, was also skeptical. \u201cI have very little faith in (Trump). He says one thing today, and tomorrow he may say something else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Ukrainian army officer fighting in Ukraine\u2019s northeastern Kharkiv region said the 50-day delay on sanctions \u201cis a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey (the Russians) will say, \u2018Give us two more weeks,\u2019 and then in two weeks, \u2018Give us another week.\u2019 It will drag on until October or November,\u201d he told AP, using only the call sign \u201cCat\u201d in keeping with the rules of the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp agreed. \u201cI do believe that the 50 days that Mr Trump has announced is rather long. It\u2019s up to September 2. I think that\u2019s rather long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much remains to be worked out about how the weapons, especially the Patriot systems, will be provided, Denmark\u2019s Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen said in Brussels on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, in an indication that Europe is relieved that the U.S. hasn\u2019t walked away from the conflict, he added: \u201cThe most important thing is that we now have an American readiness to deliver these most needed weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some European countries, such as Hungary and Slovakia, still rely heavily on Russia for energy supplies and could be hit hard by Trump\u2019s threatened secondary sanctions on countries that buy its oil and gas \u2014 an effort to isolate Moscow in the global economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lithuania\u2019s Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys said Trump\u2019s 50-day delay was a 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