Trump threatens Russia with tariffs and boosts US weapons for Ukraine

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Russia with steep tariffs and announced a rejuvenated pipeline for American weapons to reach Ukraine, hardening his stance toward Moscow after months of frustration about unsuccessful negotiations for ending the war .

The latest steps reflect an evolving approach from the Republican president, who promised to swiftly resolve the war Russian President Vladimir Putin started when he invaded Ukraine three years ago. Trump has often criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for allowing the war to happen but more recently has expressed growing irritation toward Putin.

“It just keeps going on and on and on,” Trump said. “Every night, people are dying.”

Trump said he would implement “severe tariffs” unless a peace deal is reached within 50 days. He provided few details on how they would be implemented, but he described them as secondary tariffs, meaning they would target Russia’s trading partners in an effort to isolate Moscow in the global economy.

“I use trade for a lot of things,” Trump added. “But it’s great for settling wars.”

Trump also said that European allies would buy “billions and billions” of dollars of U.S. military equipment to be transferred to Ukraine , replenishing the besieged country’s supplies of weapons. He made the announcement in the Oval Office alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Included in the plan are Patriot air defense systems, a top priority for Ukraine as it fends off Russian drones and missiles.

Doubts were recently raised about Trump’s commitment to supply Ukraine when the Pentagon paused shipments over concerns that U.S. stockpiles were running low.

Rutte said Germany, Finland, Canada, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Denmark would be among the buyers to supply Ukraine. He said “speed is of the essence here,” and he said the shipments should make Putin “reconsider” peace negotiations.

Trump exasperated with Putin

Trump has long boasted of his friendly relationship with Putin and after taking office in January repeatedly asserted that Russia was more willing than Ukraine to reach a peace deal. At the same time, Trump accused Zelenskyy of prolonging the war and called him a “dictator without elections.”

But Russia’s relentless onslaught against civilian areas of Ukraine wore down Trump’s patience. In April, Trump urged Putin to “STOP!” launching deadly barrages on Kyiv, and the following month said in a social media post that the Russian leader “has gone absolutely CRAZY!” as the bombardments continued.

Meanwhile, Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg , met with Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday.

Zelenskyy said he had “a productive conversation” with Kellogg about strengthening Ukrainian air defenses, joint arms production and purchasing U.S. weapons in conjunction with European countries, as well as the possibility of tighter international sanctions on the Kremlin.

“We hope for the leadership of the United States, because it is clear that Moscow will not stop unless its ... ambitions are stopped by force,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

Talks on sending Patriot missiles

Russia has pounded Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, with hundreds of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles that Ukraine’s air defenses are struggling to counter. June brought the highest monthly civilian casualties of the past three years, with 232 people killed and 1,343 wounded, the U.N. human rights mission in Ukraine said. Russia launched 10 times more drones and missiles in June than in the same month last year, it said.

At the same time, Russia’s bigger army is making a new effort to drive back Ukrainian defenders on parts of the 1,000-kilometer front line.

Trump confirmed the U.S. is sending Ukraine more badly needed Patriot air defense missiles and that the European Union will pay the U.S. for the “various pieces of very sophisticated” weaponry.

While the EU is not allowed under its treaties to buy weapons, individual EU member countries can and are, just as NATO member countries are buying and sending weapons.

Germany has offered to finance two Patriot systems, government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said Monday in Berlin. As far as other European countries financing more systems is concerned, that would have to be seen in talks, he said.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius was traveling to Washington on Monday to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Germany has already given three of its own Patriot systems to Ukraine, and Pistorius was quoted as saying in an interview with the Financial Times that it now has only six.

‘Weapons flowing at a record level’

A top ally of Trump, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said Sunday that the conflict is nearing an inflection point as Trump shows growing interest in helping Ukraine fight back against Russia’s full-scale invasion. It’s a cause that Trump had previously dismissed as being a waste of U.S. taxpayer money.

“In the coming days, you’ll see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves,” Graham said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” He added: “One of the biggest miscalculations Putin has made is to play Trump. And you just watch, in the coming days and weeks, there’s going to be a massive effort to get Putin to the table.”

Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy for international investment who took part in talks with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia in February, dismissed what he said were efforts to drive a wedge between Moscow and Washington.

“Constructive dialogue between Russia and the United States is more effective than doomed-to-fail attempts at pressure,” Dmitriev said in a post on Telegram. “This dialogue will continue, despite titanic efforts to disrupt it by all possible means.”

Associated Press writers Lorne Cook in Brussels and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.

周一，唐纳德·特朗普总统威胁要对俄罗斯征收高额关税，并宣布重启一条向乌克兰输送美国武器的渠道。此前数月，由于结束战争的谈判不成功，特朗普对莫斯科的态度变得更加强硬。

最新举措反映出这位共和党总统的政策方针正在转变。他曾承诺迅速解决三年前俄罗斯总统普京入侵乌克兰引发的战争。特朗普曾多次批评乌克兰总统泽连斯基允许战争发生，但最近他对普京的不满情绪日益高涨。

“这种情况没完没了，”特朗普说。“每晚都有人死去。”

特朗普表示，除非在50天内达成和平协议，否则他将实施“严厉的关税”。他并未详细说明这些关税将如何实施，但他将其描述为二级关税，这意味着这些关税将针对俄罗斯的贸易伙伴，旨在孤立莫斯科在全球经济中的地位。

“我用贸易来解决很多问题，”特朗普补充道，“但它在解决战争方面尤其有效。”

特朗普还表示，欧洲盟友将购买价值“数十亿美元”的美国军事装备，运往乌克兰，以补充这个被围困国家的武器储备。他是在椭圆形办公室与北约秘书长马克·吕特一同宣布这一消息的。

该计划包括爱国者防空系统，这是乌克兰抵御俄罗斯无人机和导弹的首要任务。

最近，由于担心美国库存不足，五角大楼暂停了向乌克兰的物资运输，这引发了人们对特朗普向乌克兰提供物资的承诺的质疑。

吕特表示，德国、芬兰、加拿大、挪威、瑞典、英国和丹麦等国将成为向乌克兰供应物资的买家。他强调“速度至关重要”，并表示这些物资的交付应该会促使普京“重新考虑”和平谈判。

特朗普对普京感到恼火

特朗普长期以来一直吹嘘自己与普京的友好关系，并在1月份就职后多次声称，俄罗斯比乌克兰更愿意达成和平协议。与此同时，特朗普指责泽连斯基延长战争，并称他为“没有选举的独裁者”。

但俄罗斯对乌克兰平民区的持续轰炸最终耗尽了特朗普的耐心。4月，特朗普敦促普京“停止！”对基辅发动致命的炮击，并在次月在社交媒体上发帖称，随着轰炸的持续，这位俄罗斯领导人“彻底疯了！”

与此同时，特朗普的乌克兰和俄罗斯问题特使、退役中将基思·凯洛格周一在基辅会见了泽连斯基。

泽连斯基表示，他与凯洛格就加强乌克兰防空、联合武器生产、与欧洲国家共同购买美国武器以及对克里姆林宫实施更严厉的国际制裁的可能性进行了“富有成效的对话”。

泽连斯基在 Telegram 上表示：“我们希望美国发挥领导作用，因为很明显，除非莫斯科的野心被武力阻止，否则它不会停止。”

关于派遣爱国者导弹的谈判

俄罗斯向包括首都基辅在内的乌克兰城市发射了数百架无人机、巡航导弹和弹道导弹，乌克兰防空系统难以应对。联合国驻乌克兰人权观察组织称，6月份乌克兰平民伤亡人数创下近三年来的最高纪录，共有232人死亡，1343人受伤。该组织还表示，俄罗斯6月份发射的无人机和导弹数量是去年同期的10倍。

与此同时，俄罗斯规模更大的军队正在加紧努力，试图在长达 1000 公里的前线部分路段击退乌克兰守军。

特朗普证实，美国将向乌克兰提供更多急需的“爱国者”防空导弹，欧盟将向美国支付“各种非常先进的”武器费用。

虽然欧盟条约不允许欧盟购买武器，但欧盟成员国可以而且正在这样做，就像北约成员国正在购买和输送武器一样。

德国政府发言人斯特凡·科尔内柳斯周一在柏林表示，德国已提出资助两套“爱国者”导弹防御系统。至于其他欧洲国家是否会资助更多系统，则需要通过谈判来决定。

德国国防部长鲍里斯·皮斯托瑞斯周一前往华盛顿，与美国国防部长彼得·赫格塞斯会面。

德国已经向乌克兰提供了三套“爱国者”导弹防御系统，皮斯托瑞斯在接受《金融时报》采访时表示，德国现在只剩下六套“爱国者”导弹防御系统了。

“武器供应量创历史新高”

特朗普的铁杆盟友、南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆周日表示，随着特朗普对帮助乌克兰抵抗俄罗斯全面入侵表现出越来越浓厚的兴趣，这场冲突正接近一个转折点。此前，特朗普曾斥责援助乌克兰是在浪费美国纳税人的钱。

格雷厄姆在哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）的“面对国家”（Face the Nation）节目中表示：“未来几天，你会看到大量武器以前所未有的速度涌入乌克兰，帮助其自卫。” 他补充道：“普京犯下的最大错误之一就是与特朗普周旋。你等着瞧吧，未来几天几周，将会有一场声势浩大的努力促使普京回到谈判桌前。”

普京的国际投资特使基里尔·德米特里耶夫曾于2月份在沙特阿拉伯与美国官员举行会谈，他驳斥了所谓旨在离间莫斯科和华盛顿的企图。

德米特里耶夫在Telegram上发帖称：“俄美之间开展建设性对话比注定失败的施压尝试更有效。尽管有人竭尽全力破坏对话，但对话仍将继续。”

美联社驻布鲁塞尔记者洛恩·库克和驻柏林记者盖尔·穆尔森对本报道亦有贡献。