Ukrainians are tired, run down by the emotional toll of the invasion and the physical toll of sleepless nights due to air raid sirens, explosions and the screeching sounds of attack drones. “It was a long night,” is a common remark you will hear in Kyiv.
So, Donald Trump’s decision to give Russia 50 days to agree to a ceasefire or face “very severe tariffs… at about 100%” has not gone down well.
One of Ukraine’s most prominent politicians, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, asked “why such a delay?” while speaking on German television. Russian attacks had become “more intense”, he said, and more people could be killed in that 50-day period.
How many ‘deadlines’ have been made and passed so far with zero consequences for Russia? If anything it just sounds like they are getting longer now but when you let the first one pass without consequence all future ones become meaningless.
“I’m going to count down from 10, and if you haven’t stopped invading Ukraine and are back in Russia tucked in bed, you’re going to be in BIG TROUBLE!”