During her visit to Kyiv on July 15, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa met with Kyiv Independent’s Deputy Chief Editor Oleksiy Sorokin to discuss the implications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent announcement regarding a NATO deal to arm Ukraine and his threat of imposing severe sanctions on Russia if a peace deal is not reached within 50 days. The conversation centered on the potential impact of these policies on Ukraine’s security and the broader geopolitical landscape.