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Zelenskyy thanks Trump for sending 'top of the line' weapons to support NATO in Ukraine war
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, going to NATO, and that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield." Follow the latest here It comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a "very good conversation" with Mr Trump late on Monday.
He thanked him for the "willingness to support Ukraine and to continue working together to stop the killings". Weapons being sent from to Ukraine include surface-to-air Patriot missile systems and batteries, which the country has asked for to defend itself 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.
Mr Zelenskyy previously criticised Vladimir Putin's "desire to drag [the war] out.
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