United States is likely to introduce secondary sanctions against Russia on Fridayreferred to the unnamed White House representative Reuters. She also informed that US President Donald Trump on Wednesday phoned with his Ukrainian counterparts Volodymyr Zelensky. The content of the interview is not immediately known. It took place several hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin received Trump’s special ambassador Steve Witkoff, writes TASR.
- The United States is considering the introduction of secondary sanctions against Russia.
- Donald Trump phoned with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greeny.
- The sanctions depend on Russia’s steps to end the war.
Trump with Greenable also made calls on Tuesday and discussed sanctions against Russia and mutual defense cooperation. Wednesday’s call and Witkoff’s visit to Moscow took place two days before the ten -day period, which Trump gave Putin to take steps leading to the end of the war in Ukraine. If Moscow does not prove their willingness by Friday, the White House boss He threatened to impose secondary sanctions on Russian energy customers.
Kremlin Advisor Yuri Ušakov marked the meeting of Putin with Witkoffthat lasted approximately three hours, for Useful and constructive. According to him, both sides exchanged signals on the war in Ukraine, which was unleashed by the invasion of Moscow from February 2022. The Reuters source said that according to the White House, Witkoff and Putin’s meeting took place well and Moscow is willing to continue dialogue with Washington.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, according to Sky News, that he and Witkoff had already talked about his latest trip to Moscow. Expected to The United States will soon decide whether sanctions against Russia will introduce. According to an unnamed white house representative, this is expected this Friday.
Trump previously to the question of whether Moscow can avoid the imposition of US sanctions, he replied that The condition is to conclude an agreement“Thanks to which people will stop dying”. According to him, the next steps of Washington will depend on the outcome of Witkoff’s negotiations in Moscow.
