Trump Says He Will Reduce Russia’s 50-Day Deadline for Peace Deal With Ukraine

Trump Says He Will Reduce Russia’s 50-Day Deadline for Peace Deal With Ukraine Trump Says He Will Reduce Russia’s 50-Day Deadline for Peace Deal With Ukraine

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (L) and his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer (R), are greeted by U.S. President Donald Trump (C) at his Trump Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, Scotland, on July 28, 2025. Chris Furlong/PA Wire

Victoria Friedman

Victoria Friedman

7/28/2025|Updated: 7/28/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to shorten the 50-day deadline he gave Russia to agree to a peace deal with Ukraine.

Speaking outside his hotel alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland, during a visit to the UK, Trump said he was “very disappointed” in Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticized the leader for continued airstrikes on Ukrainian cities.

“We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever,” Trump said.

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“I’m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number because I think I already know the answer what’s going to happen.”

When asked by reporters how long he would set for the new deadline, Trump said: “I am going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today. ... There is no reason in waiting.”

On July 14, Trump announced that he would impose secondary tariffs on Russia if Moscow did not agree on a peace deal with Kyiv in 50 days, with that original deadline set to expire on Sept. 2.

Travis Gillmore contributed to this report.

This is a developing story. Updates will follow.

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