US President stated that while it is easier to deal with Moscow than with Kiev, he considers the application of large-scale financial measures until he is reached ceasefire and definitive peace agreement ‘
The president of It threatened Russia on Friday with sanctions and tariffs if the country continues to reject peace and “hitting” Ukraine, although it said it is “easier” to deal with Moscow than with Kiev. “Considering that is reaching intensely the In the battlefield right now, I am seriously considering applying large-scale financial sanctions and tariffs to Russia until ceasefire is reached and a definitive peace agreement, ”Trump wrote on his social truth network.
A little later, he assured, however, that he considers it “frankly harder to deal with Ukraine” and “it may be easier to deal with Russia.” The United States also suspended Kiev’s access to Washington’s commercial satellite images, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency said.
Ukrainian forces use these images to track the mobilization of Russian forces and evaluate damage after attacks. Ukraine was targeted at dawn on Friday of a combined attack of at least 58 missiles and 194 Russian drones, according to the Ukrainian army. To combat them, Kiev used French Mirage 2000 fighters that France delivered last month and that, according to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, “worked very well.”
Zelensky, whose verbal conflict last week at a meeting with Trump at the White House led the United States to suspend military aid to Kiev, again asked for a respite from air strikes. “The first steps to establish a real peace should be to force the only source of this war, that is, Russia, to end such attacks,” he wrote on platform X, asking for a “prohibition” of the use of “missiles, long -range drones and aerial bombs.”
Milestone for an agreement
Zelensky also asked for “peace as soon as possible” and said his country is working “intensely” with the United States for this purpose. The Ukrainian Air Force announced the overthrow of at least 134 targets, including 34 missiles and 100 drones. At night, air alerts were heard throughout the country and there were damages and injured in various regions.
Five people were injured in Kharkiv (Northeast) and the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, said a woman was “rescued alive among the rubble.” In Ternopil (West), according to the provincial governor, Vyacheslav Negoda, “the missiles reached a critical industrial installation” without causing victims. Damage was also recorded in the Odessa (South) region, such as the fire of three residential buildings and “critical infrastructure”.
At the same time, according to the media and observers, the situation of the Ukrainian forces has deteriorated in the part they occupy the Russian province of Kursk, which Kiev wants to use as a bargaining chip in future negotiations. A week after the disagreement between Trump and Zelensky in the White House, Ukraine will have to face the suspension of US military aid, including the exchange of intelligence.
Given the doubts of the future of US military support to Europe, the 27 European Union leaders announced on Thursday a plan called Rearpe Europe that aims to mobilize 800 billion euros (4.97 trillion reais) to increase the bloc’s defense capabilities.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
