MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA?
Trump, who’s rising more and more annoyed with each Russia and Ukraine as he tries to push them in direction of a peace settlement, stated he was “at all times contemplating” secondary sanctions towards Moscow if he thought it was blocking the method.
US officers have spoken about potential monetary sanctions in addition to potential secondary sanctions on patrons of Russian oil.
A Ukrainian diplomatic supply instructed Reuters on Wednesday that Ukraine’s management would determine on its subsequent steps for peace talks in Turkey as soon as there was readability on Putin’s participation.
“Every thing will depend upon whether or not Putin is petrified of coming to Istanbul or not. Based mostly on his response, the Ukrainian management will determine on the following steps,” the supply stated,
If Putin agrees to affix, it might be the primary assembly between the leaders of the 2 warring international locations since December 2019. Direct talks between negotiators from Ukraine and Russia final passed off in Istanbul in March 2022, a month after Putin despatched tens of hundreds of troops into Ukraine.
Some unconfirmed Russian and US media studies had stated that Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s international coverage aide, would be in Istanbul and able to meet their Ukrainian counterparts.
However Russia’s Kommersant newspaper, which is thought to be having good sources within the Russian International Ministry and the Kremlin, stated on Wednesday night that Lavrov wouldn’t attend.
