US President Donald Trump Says He is again Considering Imposing Sanctions on Russia. Since Last Week’s Ukraine Summit, Where Trump Spoke with Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Counterpart Volodymyr Zensky, No Progress Appears to Have Been Made.
“I will have to make a decision about what we are going to do. This will be a very important decision. It’s about gigantic new sanctions, import duties or both. Or we do nothing, but the ball is in Russia’s Court,” A some’s hoste hethat.
Trump also said he was disappointed by continued russian bombings of ukraine. An American Company was also hit in the Past Week, and Several Employees Were Injured.
Accordance to Zelensky, Russia is “Doing Everything It Can” to Prevent a Conversation between him and Putin. Zensky also puts pressure on the peace negotiations this week. He said Thursday that hens clarity within ten days about security Guarantees for ukraine. Only when he has clarity can a conversation take place with putin, he said.
Trump has repeatedly said that an application on security guarantheses is within reach and said Monday that preparations for a conversation between putin and zensky have started. Several Locations Are Said to Be On The Table, Such as Geneva or Moscow. It is not clear what the further consultations should look like. No new peace talks have leg planned either.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also Says That No Conversation is Planned and That “A Number Of Things” Still Need to Be Resolved Before A Conversation Can Take Place At All.
Trump Spoke with Putin in Alaska Last Friday. On that day, Trump was initially supposed to increase sanctions Against Russia if Putin Did not meet the imposed peace deadline. But when the russian president missed the deadline, sanctions remained absent. After the Weekend, he spoke with Zelensky and European Leaders in Washington. No major agreements were made there either.