A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin taunted President Trump and slammed his new deadline for a cease-fire in Ukraine as “a threat and a step towards war.”
Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president-turned-Security Council deputy chairman, said Tuesday that Moscow will not abide by Trump’s call to end the war in Ukraine in 10 to 12 days, warning Trump that his threats could spark war between Washington and Moscow.
“Trump’s playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10 … He should remember 2 things: 1. Russia isn’t Israel or even Iran. 2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war,” Medvedev wrote on X.
“Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country,” the Putin ally
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