Putin, Trump and Ukraine
Digest more
The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. It is a broadened effort to choke off the revenue that funds Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and to force President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war.
The US has announced new sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies over continued fighting in Ukraine.
The apparent collapse of the latest summit and renewed Russian attacks show that despite Trump’s hopes, a negotiated solution to the war remains distant.
President Donald Trump’s administration has announced new sanctions against Russia’s oil industry aimed at moving President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.
The sanctions are among the most significant measures that the United States has taken against the Russian energy sector since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
Russia launched a large-scale air attack on Ukraine early Wednesday, causing power outages across most of the country, setting homes ablaze and killing at least six people, including a six-month-old baby,
Former U.S. Ambassador Steven Pifer discusses recent U-turn in U.S. President Trump’s policy on Ukraine following a phone call with Putin. Pifer says that Trump can still end Russia’s war if he starts using leverage on Moscow but argues that,
Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte says pressure and sanctions are changing Vladimir Putin's calculus as Russia deals with heavy military losses in Ukraine as the war continues.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to push Trump for additional long-range weapons capable of striking targets inside Russian territory when he meets with Trump in Washington at the White House on Friday.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are no longer meeting in Budapest as was announced just last week.