Kremlin reacts icily to Trump but some Russian officials are blunter

By Guy Faulconbridge, Gleb Stolyarov and Lucy Papachristou

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin connected Tuesday reacted icily to Donald Trump's warnings to President Vladimir Putin implicit Ukraine, saying that caller decisions by the U.S. president and the NATO subject confederation would beryllium interpreted by Kyiv arsenic a awesome to proceed the war.

Trump, sitting beside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte successful the Oval Office, connected Monday, announced caller weapons for Ukraine and threatened "biting" secondary tariffs of 100% connected the buyers of Russian exports unless determination is simply a bid woody successful 50 days.

"The U.S. president's statements are precise serious. Some of them are addressed personally to President Putin," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "We surely request clip to analyse what was said successful Washington."

Peskov, though, added that it was already wide that decisions being made successful Washington and different NATO capitals were "perceived by the Ukrainian broadside not arsenic a awesome for bid but arsenic a awesome to proceed the war."

Putin, who has spoken to Trump by telephone astatine slightest six times this year, has yet to remark publically connected Trump's remarks.

But 2 different elder Russian officials did not clasp back.

Former President Dmitry Medvedev, present lawman seat of Russia's Security Council, said Moscow did not attraction astir Trump's "theatrical ultimatum", portion a elder Russian diplomat, Sergei Ryabkov, suggested that giving ultimatums to Moscow was unacceptable and pointless.

Trump, who has said helium wants to beryllium seen arsenic a "peacemaker" president, said helium wanted to spot the extremity of the warfare - connected which helium said the United States had spent $350 cardinal - but that helium had been "disappointed" by Putin.

TRUMP 'VERY UNHAPPY'

Trump specifically expressed vexation that Putin's "talk" astir bid was often followed by Russian strikes connected large Ukrainian cities, and indicated Washington wanted to property Moscow into ending the warfare by sending much arms to Ukraine.

"I don't privation to accidental he's an assassin, but he's a pugnacious guy," Trump said of Putin, a notation to erstwhile U.S. President Joe Biden calling the Russian person "a killer" successful a 2021 interview.

The Financial Times reported that Trump had privately encouraged Ukraine to measurement up strikes heavy successful Russian territory, adjacent asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy whether helium could deed Moscow if the U.S. provided long-range weapons.

Trump told the BBC that helium was "not done" with Putin and that helium thought a Ukraine bid woody was connected the cards.

Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine successful February 2022 aft 8 years of warring successful eastbound Ukraine betwixt Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces. The United States says 1.2 cardinal radical person been injured oregon killed successful the war.

In Moscow, authorities tv broadcasts led with advances by Russian troops successful Ukraine, of which Russian forces power conscionable nether a fifth, and an onslaught connected Russia by Ukrainian drones which injured 18 people.

SECONDARY SANCTIONS

Kommersant, 1 of Russia's astir respected newspapers, invoked William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" successful its beforehand leafage header to suggest betrayal: "Et tu, Trump - the main peacekeeper of Ukrainian struggle joined the 'party of war'".

Putin has repeatedly said helium is acceptable to marque bid - but connected his presumption - and that determination is nary constituent discussing a ceasefire until the details of what a bid would look similar are nailed down.

In Washington, a White House authoritative said Trump's volition is to enforce "100% tariffs connected Russia" and secondary sanctions connected different countries that bargain lipid from Russia if a bid woody is not struck successful 50 days.

"We tin bash secondary," Trump said. "We're astir apt talking astir 100 percent oregon thing similar that. We tin bash secondary tariffs without the Senate, without the House, but what they're crafting besides could beryllium precise good."

Eighty-five of the 100 U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a measure that would springiness Trump the authorization to enforce 500% tariffs connected immoderate state that helps Russia.

China, India and Turkey are the biggest buyers of crude from Russia, the world's 2nd largest exporter of oil.

(Reporting by Lucy Papachristou successful London, Gleb Stolyarov, and Guy Faulconbridge successful Moscow; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Gareth Jones)