Former US President Donald Trump has warned that "it's going to be too bad" for Russia if it does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine after his 50-day ultimatum

Daniel Martindale, a U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow. Russian state television broadcast a report on Tuesday showing Martindale,

A Russian official says American Daniel Martindale has been rewarded with citizenship for spying on Ukraine, "by decree of our President Vladimir Putin."

Vladimir Putin’s conduct has prompted Donald Trump’s shift as Russia’s war effort in Ukraine has gotten only more aggressive.

I am very disappointed with President Putin,” Trump said July 13. “I thought he was somebody that meant what he said."

“Putin will not negotiate as a loser,” one of his longtime associates tells TIME by phone from Moscow. “He knows that winners don’t get punished, and if he wins, all of this” — the sanctions, the tariffs — “will go away.”

President Trump has effectively handed Vladimir Putin an extraordinary green light: 50 days to finish off his brutal summer offensive in Ukraine before facing any consequences.

A Russian court has ruled that the assets of Glavprodukt, a U.S.-owned food company, should be handed over to the Kremlin, as a potential reset of ties between the United States and Russia remains out of reach for now.