Trump considers new sanctions on Russia if Putin fails to deliver on deal
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Tue, 01 Apr 2025 02:34:50 +0300
US President Donald Trump has stated that he does not rule out the introduction of secondary sanctions against Russia if Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin wasnt doing the job, while also adding that he is convinced that Putin will fulfil his part of the deal.
Source Ukrinform citing Trump during a meeting with journalists at the White House CNN Quote from Trump in response to a question about the possibility of increasing sanctions pressure on Russia I want to see him Putin make a deal, so that we stop Russian soldiers and Ukrainian soldiers and other people from being killed.
I dont want to go secondary tariffs on his oil.
But I think, you know, its something I would do if I thought he Putin wasnt doing the job.
Details In this context, Trump expressed confidence that Putin will fulfil his part of the deal.
Meanwhile, Trump noted that the Ukrainian side must also fulfil its part.
On this issue, he remarked that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is trying to renegotiate the rare earth, without mentioning that the US had proposed a completely different version of the deal at the last moment.
Trump once again reiterated that the US had allocated US350 billion to Ukraine, while Europe had provided only US100 billion, which, according to him, it is trying to reclaim.
He stated that the mineral deal with Ukraine would allow the US to compensate for these expenses.
Trump also commented on the impossibility of Ukraine becoming a NATO member, adding that thats probably the reason the war started.
Previously The US Department of State stated that US President Donald Trump had rejected the idea proposed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin to introduce an interim administration in Ukraine under the aegis of the UN and several countries.
Background On 30 March, US President Donald Trump stated that he was very angry and pissed off with Putin for talking about an interim administration in Ukraine.
He also threatened to impose additional sanctions on Russian oil if Moscow does not come to the negotiating table and stop the fighting in Ukraine.
Trump announced plans to hold a new conversation with Putin this week to discuss Ukraine.
Earlier, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, after meeting with Trump in Florida on Saturday, proposed setting 20 April as the deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire before imposing new sanctions.
While speaking to journalists on 31 March, Trump claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to withdraw from the mineral deal and has warned him of big problems if he does so.
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