Overview

• President Donald Trump warned that Russia must agree to a Ukraine ceasefire within ten days or face 100% tariffs and secondary sanctions.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said only that Moscow had “taken note” of the revised deadline without elaboration.
• Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev cautioned that successive ultimatums risk escalating tensions toward war.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the shortened timeline as a clear demonstration of strength to advance peace efforts.
• U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raised secondary sanctions with Chinese officials as Russia continued deadly air and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, underscoring doubts about the ultimatum’s leverage.