Overview

• President Trump announced that NATO allies will purchase billions of dollars of U.S. weapons, including Patriot air defense systems, to be swiftly supplied to Ukraine under a new NATO financing mechanism.
• He gave Moscow 50 days to negotiate a peace deal or face 100% tariffs on Russian imports plus potential secondary sanctions targeting major buyers of Russian oil.
• Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev labeled the deadline a “theatrical bluff” and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would need time to analyze the threats.
• Foreign policy experts note that U.S. imports from Russia are minimal, limiting the impact of tariffs, but Kyiv’s top adviser Andriy Yermak argues that secondary sanctions on oil customers could force Putin to seek peace by year-end.
• The measure reverses a brief freeze on arms shipments earlier in Trump’s term and signals a restoration of U.S. commitment to bolster Ukraine’s defenses.