US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is ready to impose additional sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The statement followed a call between Zelensky and Trump on Saturday, one day after the US leader met with Putin in Alaska without Ukraine's participation.
US President Donald Trump has warned that he would impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in its war on Ukraine before Friday.
The European Union's recent sanctions on Russian oil, energy, banking and defence industries are aimed at degrading Moscow's "war economy" while preserving global oil market stability, said Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to India Herve Delphin on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on Russia unless a Ukraine peace deal is reached in 50 days. Russia dismissed the warning as a "theatrical ultimatum." Meanwhile, 18 were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks, and the EU is close to announcing new sanctions on Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported a Russian attack in Ukraine, with 250 strike drones, primarily Iranian-made 'Shaheds,' and 14 ballistic missiles targeting civilians across seven regions, including Kyiv, Odesa, and Kharkiv, causing widespread damage and casualties.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday (local time) expressed his gratitude towards UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer following the UK's new sanctions on Russia, as Zelenskyy believes it would help pressure Moscow toward peace.
Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio said that such a delay from Russia would show Moscow's real intent to negotiate on the matter.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio refuted a recent report about lifting sanctions on Russia in connection with a Ukraine deal, calling it "unequivocally false."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Kiev on Wednesday, where the two leaders discussed sanctions on Russia and the implementation of the 100-year partnership agreement between the two countries.
"It is not a very difficult thing to handle because it has a very limited effect. Whatever sanctions are there, we are abiding by them," Sahney told ANI.
The US sanctions impose restrictions on two major Russian oil producers--Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz--as well as 157 tankers, insurance companies, oilfield service providers, and traders.