The US State Department spoke about Trump's patience in resolving the Ukrainian issue

American President Donald Trump is patiently determined to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, but not to the detriment of his own interests. This was announced on July 16 by the official representative of the US Department of State, Tami Bruce.

"Russia sees that he [Trump] is a patient man, but not to the detriment of his vision and its implementation," she said.

Bruce noted that despite Trump's dissatisfaction with the "unimpressed" development of the situation around the current situation in Ukraine, he remains committed to diplomacy.

The burden on Washington: why did Trump use the language of threats to Moscow

And why will 100% duties make little difference in trade, and Patriot supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not bring them success on the battlefield?

Trump announced on Monday, July 14, that he intends to impose 100% duties on Russia if there is no progress on Ukraine within 50 days. He also stressed that he was "very unhappy" with Moscow's position on the issue.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on July 15 that the Kremlin intends to look into Trump's statements in order to understand what is behind his words.