US President Donald Trump plans to introduce new sanctions to Russia for continuing Russian attacks on Ukraine and slow progress in peace negotiations, hard sources close to Wall Street Journal.
According to one source, new sanctions will probably not include additional measures against banks, but will contain Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to the Proposal of Ukraine for the 30-day break fire, which Russia is rejecting.
On Sunday, Trump stated that “absolutely” consider new measures. He said about Putin, “He kills a lot of people. I don’t know what his damn, what the hell did he happen to him?”
Trump, who promised in the campaign that the war would immediately end, now loses patience and thinking of a possible retreat from peace talks if the last attempts fail. It is not clear whether in that case, the United States is still going to provide military aid to Ukraine.
White House spokeswoman Karolina Leavitt said Trump “wants an agreed peace agreement, but he wisely holds all options open.”
Despite multiple attempts, Trump failed to extort greater concessions from Putin, which at the same time strengthened military attacks. On Sunday, Russia carried out the largest so far to the attack by drones and missiles in Ukraine, stating it as a retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil.
On Monday, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that Germany, the French and the United Kingdom will remove the limits of the arms of the supplied Ukraine, allowing it to shoot the goals deeper in Russia. The white house did not comment on this decision.
Trump attitudes on Putin changed during the mandate, from sharp criticism and threats to sanctions to ideas on reducing trade barriers and investments in Russia.
However, this time was extremely critical: “I know him for a long time, but now sends rockets to cities and kills people, and that doesn’t like it.”
William Taylor, a former American ambassador in Ukraine, commented that Trump finally realizes who Putin is, but the question will remain whether to lead to concrete moves and sanctions.
(Vijesti.ba)
