Russia’s Medvedev says Trump’s ‘ultimatum’ could lead to war

LUKE SHARRETT/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks to be greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during the 2010 G8 Summit at the Deerhurst Resort in Hunstville, Ontario, Canada, in June 2010. The former Russian president said in a post on X today that President Donald Trump was playing “the ultimatum game” with Russia, and that such an approach could lead to a war involving the United States.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a post on X today that President Donald Trump was playing “the ultimatum game” with Russia, and that such an approach could lead to a war involving the United States.

Medvedev wrote: “Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with (Trump’s) own country.”

Trump said today that he was disappointed in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to end the war in Ukraine, and that he was reducing a deadline to agree a peace settlement from 50 days to 10 or 12.

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