The US will send "top-of-the-line weapons" to Ukraine via NATO countries, US President Donald Trump announced on Monday.
This came along with a threat to Russia of severe tariffs if they were unable to reach a deal to end the war within the next 50 days.
Sitting side-by-side with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters that he is disappointed in Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump says he will send weapons to NATO to support Ukraine
President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will send top-of-the-line weapons to NATO to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, adding that it would include Patriot missile systems and batteries.
"It's a full complement with the batteries," Trump said when asked whether he would send Patriot missiles specifically.
"We're going to have some come very soon, within days... a couple of the countries that have Patriots are going to swap over and will replace the Patriots with the ones they have."
"We're going to make top-of-the-line weapons, and they'll be sent to NATO," he said.
Trump also said NATO members, not American taxpayers, would cover the cost of the weapons.
The announcement to send weapons to NATO comes after two sources told Axios that the US president plans to arm Ukraine with offensive weapons, which include long-range missiles that could reach Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to Trump for his readiness to protect Ukrainian lives.
"I am grateful to President Trump for his readiness to support the protection of our people's lives," he said in his nightly video address after Trump announced he was sending arms to Kyiv and giving Moscow 50 days to reach a ceasefire or face sanctions.
Zelensky said he had held a "productive" discussion in Kyiv with Keith Kellogg, Trump's special representative to Ukraine.
In an interview with the BBC, Trump had voiced his disappointment with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying: "I'm disappointed in him, but I'm not done with him. But I'm disappointed in him."
When asked if Trump trusted Putin, he replied, "I trust almost no one."
Trump had said that he thought a deal with Russia was on the cards at least four different times.
"We'll have a great conversation. I'll say: 'That's good, I'll think we're close to getting it done,' and then he'll knock down a building in Kyiv."
When he was pushed to answer how he intended to get Russia to "Stop the bloodshed," Trump told the BBC, "We're working it, Gary."
Frustration that Ukraine war is not ending
Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted his frustration to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that more progress has not been made on ending the war in Ukraine.
"It was a frank conversation. It was an important one," Rubio said of his 50-minute talks with the Russian foreign minister on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Malaysia.
On Saturday, Russia launched 597 drones and 26 missiles in an overnight attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Additionally, a report from The Guardian stated that young Ukrainians were unknowingly recruited by Russian forces as unwilling suicide bombers.
The recruits were mainly teenagers, according to the report, and were recruited to bomb police stations, post offices, or military targets under the guise of odd jobs postings, all of which were done on Telegram.