Nepal, July 15 -- Russia said on Tuesday it needed time to respond to US President Donald Trump's ultimatum to end the Ukraine war or face new sanctions but it was ready for fresh talks with Kyiv.
On Monday, Trump gave Russia 50 days to strike a peace deal with Ukraine, voicing fresh frustration with Moscow, and laid out an arrangement with NATO to supply Kyiv with new military aid sponsored by the alliance's member countries.
"President Trump's statement is very serious. We certainly need time to analyse what was said in Washington," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow's first reaction to the comments.
Trump warned that if no deal was concluded, he would slap "very severe tariffs" on Russia's trade partners in a bid...