Trump announced fresh military support for Ukraine and threatened sweeping tariffs on Russia's trading partners, in a bid to pressure Moscow into ending its war within 50 days.

To appreciate the dramatic shift in President Donald Trump’s policy towards Ukraine, consider two scenes in the Oval Office, months apart:

In December 2022, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. agreed to give Ukraine a Patriot missile battery, an advanced ground-based air-defense system. Two more followed, along with an unknown number of interceptor missiles that have provided the only effective means of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles.

Ukraine's air force said Russia targeted several regions overnight with 267 drones, of which around 200 were Shahed attack drones and the rest decoys. The air force said it shot down or otherwise suppressed 244 drones. Twenty-three drones impacted across seven locations, with falling debris reported in nine locations, the air force said.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting in Kyiv with his Latvian counterpart Evika Silina, during which they discussed a new package of defense assistance, deeper bilateral cooperation,

Trump said the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached in 50 days.

Washington: In a significant policy shift, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced fresh military support for Ukraine and threatened sweeping tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, in a bid to pressure Moscow into ending its war within 50 days, The Hill reported.

It is indicative of how Russia’s allies are propping up this war effort,” Angelica Evans from the Institute of the Study of War told The Post.

Several European countries said on Tuesday they were willing to buy U.S. arms for Ukraine under a scheme announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, although arrangements still needed to be worked out.

U.S. President Donald Trump believes that Russian leader Vladimir Putin can be brought to the negotiating table only through a combination of economic instruments and Western military support to allow Ukraine to increase pressure on Russia on the battlefield.