Despite President Trump’s demands that Russia halt attacks on Ukraine soon, Putin still believes time is on his side.

Ukrainian and Russian officials ended their third round of peace negotiations in under an hour Wednesday — falling short of establishing a cease-fire but agreeing to a prison swap. The talks took place in Istanbul just over a week after President Trump threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with “very severe tariffs” if he doesn’t commit to a cease-fire in Ukraine within 50 days.

On 28 July, the day that US President Donald Trump announced a new deadline for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to end the war he started, Russian troops killed 22 civilians in Ukraine. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) Quote: "As of now,