US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh ultimatum to Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid tensions over a peace deal with Ukraine, stating he's "got to make a deal".
Speaking to reporters in Turnberry, Scotland, Trump declared that "too many people are dying", warning of "further sanctions" for Putin if he doesn't act.
Addressing the current situation between Russia and Ukraine, Trump said: "We're going to do secondary sanctions unless we make a deal.
"We might make a deal, we don't know. We've done so many peace deals, and this is the one I started out with."
Donald Trump has issued a fresh ultimatum to Russia amid tensions over a peace deal with Ukraine
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Recalling a phone call he had with Putin, Trump revealed the Russian leader asked for "help with Iran".
Trump recounted: "President Putin called me. He wanted to know if I could help him with Iran.
"I said, no, I don't need your help with Iran. I need your help with Russia. And so that's the one deal that continues to linger."
Making clear the impact of Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine, Trump declared that the "US and UK aren't losing", but "Russia is losing".
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Trump said: "They're losing. I'm not losing, you're [UK] not losing. But 5000 Russian and Ukrainian kids a week are dying. And that's not mentioning the people that are dying also in towns where he's lobbing missiles into certain towns like Kyiv, and he's got to make a deal.
"Too many people are dying. It's a really bloody war, and that number is obsolete, it's more like seven thousand. It's terrible. So you have 7000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dying every single week for no reason whatsoever."
Suggesting a lack of "common sense" on Putin's side in negotiating a deal, Trump stated: "So you would think based on common sense, you would think you'd want to make a deal."
Revealing a deadline for his fresh ultimatum to Putin, Trump told reporters he estimates the Russian leader will have "10 to 12 days" to negotiate a deal.
Trump declared that the conflict between the two nations 'should be settled'
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Trump said: "I'd say 10 to 12 days. I'll announce it probably tonight or tomorrow, but there's no reason to wait if you know what the answer is going to be. And it would be sanctions and maybe tariffs, secondary tariffs.
"I don't want to do that to Russia. I love the Russian people, they're great people, but they're losing a lot of Russians. They've lost a million Russians, and that's the sons and daughters of Russian families.
"They leave the house and then they get blown away. And Ukrainians too. Look at Ukraine, it's a disaster what's happened there, but it continues to go on."
Declaring that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is "one that should be settled", he concluded: "Eventually something's going to happen. It should happen fast, so many people are dying. Now it's a whole different ball game. This is one that should be settled. Russia, Ukraine, this is one that really should be settled."
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