Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent statement, describing the ultimatum to the Kremlin, as 'theatrical.' While a senior Russian diplomat, Sergei Ryabkov, suggested that giving ultimatums to Moscow was unacceptable and pointless.
The comments come after Trump on Monday, sitting beside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, announced new weapons for Ukraine and threatened secondary tariffs of 100% on the buyers of Russian exports unless Russia agrees a peace deal.
The U.S. president also expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he did not want to call him "an assassin, but he's a tough guy", in an apparent reference to former U.S. President Joe Biden calling Putin "a killer" in a 2021 interview.
Trump has said he wants to be seen as a "peacemaker" president, and said he wanted to see the end of the war - on which he said the United States had spent $350 billion - but that he had been "disappointed" by Putin.
"Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care," Medvedev stated in his post on X.
Putin, who has spoken to Trump by telephone at least six times this year, has yet to comment publicly on Trump's remarks.
The Russian president has repeatedly said he is ready to make peace - but on his terms - and that there is no point discussing a ceasefire until the details of what a peace would look like are nailed down.
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Russia wants Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to lose the upcoming election due to his increasing engagement with Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.
Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi brought heavy rain, power cuts and transport disruption across Japan on Wednesday (3 June) as it tracked towards the greater Tokyo region.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Albania in recent days to protest against a luxury tourism project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, and his wife Ivanka Trump.
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All 27 European Union (EU) member countries have agreed to begin the first set of talks with Ukraine and Moldova about joining the political and economic bloc.
Germany's foreign minister Johann Wadephul has suggested that Berlin's strong backing of Ukraine and its close ties with Israel may have contributed to its failure to secure a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
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