WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Tuesday he would possible impose sanctions on Russia if his president, Vladimir Putin, refuses to barter on ending the struggle in Ukraine.
Trump didn’t present particulars on attainable extra sanctions. The United States has already closely sanctioned Russia for invading Ukraine in February 2022.
Trump mentioned his administration was additionally trying into the problem of sending weapons to Ukraine, including that he believes the European Union ought to do extra to assist Ukraine.
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“We are speaking to (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskiy, we are going to speak to President Putin very quickly,” Trump mentioned. “We’ll watch it.”
Trump mentioned he urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to intervene to cease the struggle in Ukraine.
“He hasn’t carried out a lot about it. He has lots of… energy, like we now have lots of energy. I mentioned, ‘You ought to settle this.’ We mentioned it.”
(Reporting by Steve Holland in Washington; writing by Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason; enhancing by Leslie Adler and Matthew Lewis)
