Trump announces weapons deal with NATO to help Ukraine - as he gives Putin 50-day ultimatum

Donald Trump has agreed to send "top of the line weapons" to NATO to support Ukraine - and threatened Russia with "severe" tariffs if it doesn't agree to end the war.

Speaking with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte during a meeting at the White House, the US president said: "We've made a deal today where we are going to be sending them weapons, and they're going to be paying for them.

"This is billions of dollars worth of military equipment which is going to be purchased from the United States," he added, "going to NATO, and that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield."

Weapons being sent include the surface-to-air Patriot missile systems and batteries, which Ukraine has repeatedly asked for to defend from Russian air strikes.

Mr Trump also said he was "very unhappy" with Russia, and threatened "severe tariffs" of "about 100%" if there isn't a deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days.

The White House added that the US would put "secondary sanctions" on countries that buy oil from Russia if an agreement was not reached.

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It comes after weeks of frustration from Mr Trump against Vladimir Putin's refusal to agree to an end to the conflict, with the Russian leader telling the US president he would "not back down" from Moscow's goals in Ukraine at the start of the month.

During the White House briefing, Mr Trump said he had held recent calls with Putin where afterwards he would say "that was a nice phone call" but then "missiles are launched into Kyiv or some other city, and that happens three or four times".

Earlier this year, the US president told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy "you're gambling with World War Three" in a fiery White House meeting, and suggested Ukraine started the war against Russia.

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