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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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[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 55 minutes ago
[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] Jakule17@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

China’s last warning

[–] Green_Mouse@piefed.social 4 points 6 hours 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.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 23 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 6 points 7 hours ago

"I'm going to count down from 10, and if you haven't stopped invading Ukraine and are back in Russia tucked in bed, you're going to be in BIG TROUBLE!"

[–] zero@feddit.xyz 13 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 8 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] semi@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago (1 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

[–] Ksin@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

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.