Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded President Donald Trump’s decision to shorten Russia’s deadline to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine — but says the move should have come much sooner, The Hill reported.
“Too many innocent lives are at stake for President Trump to let [Russian President Vladimir] Putin continue playing him for time. This shorter deadline is a positive step but long overdue,” Shaheen said in a statement Monday.
Trump announced that he will revise the timeline he originally set for Putin to halt hostilities in Ukraine. Trump now expects a ceasefire agreement “about 10 or 12 days from today,” advancing the previous 50-day deadline by several weeks.
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