Is Trump's promise a turning point in the Ukraine war?

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  It's been a big change of tone from Donald Trump, telling reporters in the Oval Office he's very,

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  very unhappy with Russia's President Putin and promising massive supplies of American weapons to Ukraine.

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  billions of dollars, as well as Patriot missile defence systems and ammunition,

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  President Trump also set a new 50-day deadline for a ceasefire deal.

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  The deadline came with a stark warning to agree to a deal or he'll impose tough new tariffs on countries that buy oil or gas from Russia.

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  To help us look behind the headlines and the shift in tone from Mr Trump,

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  we're joined by Sean Bell, who was an Air Vice Marshal in the RAF and is now a military analyst.

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  Sean, what impact could these promised weapons have, do you think, on Ukraine's fight back?

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  It's been a fascinating 24 hours, hasn't it?

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  I think for me, the danger is we get sort of focused on the numbers and the weapons.

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  I think what's the most important thing is that ever since President Trump came into office,

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  he's been looking to sort of blame Zelensky, blame the West.

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  for the war and he's trying to be doing some sort of deal with President Putin,

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  olive branches, lots of bon ami going on.

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  Whereas actually what's happened now,

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  it does appear that President Trump's finally realized that President Putin is not

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  for turning and actually all of a sudden now he seems to be roundly supporting President Zelensky.

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  So I do think That is the key issue here.

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  Unfortunately, as a military guy, I've never had any faith in purely using sanctions to stop Putin.

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  Putin will only stop.

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