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The Associated Press |
Mr. Trump said he would consider adding new sanctions on Russia, which already faces steep financial penalties, and using tariffs to undermine its oil exports.
BBC |
In the early hours of Sunday, Russia carried out six separate strikes on Kharkiv, killing two people and injuring 25.
Reuters |
Publicly, Russia has so far responded cautiously to Trump's overtures, agreeing to pause its attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure if Kyiv does the same.
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While President Trump has previously praised Putin, he said he was “pissed off” at the Russian president this week for seemingly slow-walking a possible peace deal by suggesting a UN-run transitional government be installed in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s top diplomat said officials are pressing ahead with the US toward an “acceptable” economic accord hours after President Donald Trump accused Kyiv of trying to renegotiate the deal. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Ukrainian officials were poring over the latest draft of an infrastructure and natural resources deal sent by the US last week as talks with negotiators in Washington moved ahead.
The Trump Administration sent Ukraine its new proposed text for a much-anticipated minerals deal on March 28, and consultations between Kyiv and Washington are now underway, Ukrainian foreign minister Andriy Sybiha has confirmed.
A high-ranking Russian official is swatting down President Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace demands days after the U.S. president said he was “p---ed off” at Vladimir Putin. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the country “cannot accept” the U.
US President Donald Trump accused the Ukrainian president of “trying to back out” of the minerals deal expected to be agreed between the two countries as early as this week, adding that Volodymyr Zelensky would face “big problems” if he didn’t sign an agreement.
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Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Fox News that President Trump should impose an April 20 deadline for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Trump on Sunday scolded Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, expressing frustration at the continued fighting in a war he had pledged to swiftly stop.
Over the past two months, the United States has been talking with both Ukraine and Russia – separately – to try to fulfil one of President Donald Trump’s main campaign promises: ending the war in Ukraine.