On Monday, Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland.

During the subsequent press conference, the president announced that his patience with Vladimir Putin had run out when it came to ending the war in Ukraine.

– I will reduce the 50 days that I gave him to a smaller number, says Trump, who gives Putin 10-12 days starting Monday.

He also issued a concrete warning: If Putin does not end the war, the US will impose 100 percent tariffs on Russian goods, and equal tariffs on goods from countries that trade with it. Russia, was the message.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanks Trump social media.

But the threat is not well received in Moscow.

Medvedev: “Steps towards war”

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Putin, said later Monday that Trump's threats could lead to war.

– Trump must remember that Russia is not Israel or Iran, and any ultimatum is a step closer to war, he says, according to Paw.

When Trump gave his first deadline to Russia, the country's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov responded that new sanctions will not affect Russia.

– We will continue on our independent, sovereign and stable course, he said at the time, according to RT.

The ruble is sinking – the biggest drop this year

The Russian ruble is falling after Trump's threat of increased tariffs. According to Moscow Times The ruble lost value against several currencies.

The dollar rose by 4 percent against the ruble, the euro rose by 1.3 percent and the Chinese yuan rose by 2.55 percent, making it more expensive for Russians to buy foreign currency.

It is the biggest fall for the ruble this year.

“It could affect oil supplies, which will reduce the already limited inflow of foreign currency from exports,” analyst Dmitry Babin told the newspaper.

The signal to Russia: Move nuclear weapons

On Monday, reports Bloomberg that the US has sent a clear military signal to Russia. According to the news channel, for the first time since 2008, the US has placed nuclear weapons on British soil.

The move was reportedly made ten days ago when a cargo plane led by the 62nd Operations Group – the only unit capable of moving nuclear weapons by air – took off from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and landed in Lakenheath, UK.

“The decision to leave the flight transponders on suggests that the United States wants to show Russia that it is not reducing its nuclear weapons capabilities in Europe,” defense analyst William Alberque told Bloomberg.

According to Alberque, it is likely that the delivery contained the new B61-12 thermonuclear bombs.

“Those bombs can help limit the effect of Russia's large advantage in non-strategic nuclear weapons at the regional level,” he says.

Tactical nuclear weapons are nuclear weapons intended for use on the battlefield or in a limited geographical area. Strategic nuclear weapons are larger, and intended to knock out enemy cities, industrial complexes, or nuclear weapons systems at long range.