Trump said the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached in 50 days.

In response to the escalating threat, President Trump confirmed that the U.S. will send additional Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine. He noted that the European Union would finance the purchase of what he described as "various pieces of very sophisticated" U.S. weaponry.

Trump tells the that he trusts "almost no-one" in a wide-ranging phone call on the war in Ukraine, Nato and the UK.

The contradictory stories come as Trump, finally, announces new sanctions to counter Russia and more military aid to Ukraine.