US EditionTrump: ‘It Was Time’ for Russia Sanctions, Putin Meeting ‘Didn’t Feel Right’
Trump halted talks with Putin and imposed sanctions on Russian gas firms to pressure Moscow amid ongoing Ukraine conflict with recent deadly attacks, officials said.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump put a planned meeting with President Vladimir Putin on hold after Moscow refused to budge and the U.S. administration imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil.
- Amid waves of attacks, Russian forces blasted at least eight Ukrainian cities, killing at least six and striking a kindergarten in Kharkiv, while Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West to impose sanctions and push for talks.
- Treasury and defence discussions included talk of weapons, with President Donald Trump crediting Tomahawk missile talks for prompting President Vladimir Putin's meeting willingness, while Putin ordered strategic nuclear forces drills Wednesday.
- With the summit paused, Trump now turns to a meeting next week with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea and urged Xi to press Putin to halt the fighting.
- EU countries approved a 19th sanctions package including a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas, with more measures likely discussed Thursday at an EU summit in Brussels.
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The United States imposed sanctions because peace talks were not progressing.
Former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said today that Washington's decision to cancel the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Budapest and to introduce new sanctions against Moscow is proof that the US is "on the warpath" with Russia.
Trump Cancels Ukraine Meeting with Putin; Imposes New Sanctions on Russia
President Trump said that discussions with Putin “don’t go anywhere.” Credit: Aaron Schwartz / EPA via AMNA President Trump cancelled the meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine that was supposed to take place in Budapest this week and slammed new sanctions on Moscow. The new sanctions are targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies – Rosneft and Lukoil – in an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine. “E…
The planned meeting with Russia's President Putin is cancelled, instead Washington relies on sanctions. Trump has had enough of the Kremlin's games.
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