Ukrainians are tired, run down by the emotional toll of the invasion and the physical toll of sleepless nights due to air raid sirens, explosions and the screeching sounds of attack drones. "It was a long night," is a common remark you will hear in Kyiv.

So, Donald Trump's decision to give Russia 50 days to agree to a ceasefire or face "very severe tariffs… at about 100%" has not gone down well.

One of Ukraine's most prominent politicians, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, asked "why such a delay?" while speaking on German television. Russian attacks had become "more intense", he said, and more people could be killed in that 50-day period.

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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (1 child)

How many 'deadlines' have been made and passed so far with zero consequences for Russia? If anything it just sounds like they are getting longer now but when you let the first one pass without consequence all future ones become meaningless.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    After 11 years of war, we can clearly see how Russia is ceasing fire... but America and Europe continue to hope for a ceasefire... how pathetic, honestly.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Well, Ukraine, I’m not impressed either. Lmk if y’all need a drone pilot.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    In that 50 days Putin will just ramp up drone and missile attacks just to stick it in.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    For everybody else it's two weeks. Trump really hates the Ukraine.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Just be glad he didn't give them a two week deadline.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    China’s last warning

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What I'm missing from the articles is putting the potential consequences of the threatened tariffs into context. In 2024, Russian imports into the USA were 3.27 billion USD, whereas the GDP of the Russian economy in 2024 was 2.17 trillion. Even if there is fakery in the reported GDP, exports to the USA are likely less than 1% of the Russian economy

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The thretened tariffs arent on Russia, since as you point out there is little trade between USA and Russia it would be innefective in swaying the kremlin. These tariffs are instead being put on countries that trade with Russia like China, India, Brazil etc, with the hope that those countries will put pressure on Russia by proxy.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Ah, missed the line in the article about secondary tariffs. Thanks for pointing it out to me. A 100% tariff on China and India until they stop importing Russian oil would indeed be very disruptive

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