US could hit Russia with more sanctions to end Ukraine war

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Trump's shifts on Russia and Ukraine, and the significance of new sanctions: ANALYSIS
Trump has shifted between support for Russia and support for Ukraine since returning to office, and has often sent mixed messages on what concessions would need to be made by both sides to reach a peace deal.

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Russia furious as Trump sanctions target the heart of Putin's war economy
US could hit Russia with more sanctions to end Ukraine war, but first wants Europe to increase pressure
Trump hopes China will help push Russia towards Ukraine peace talks
Donald Trump has said he would like China's help to deal with Russia as he seeks to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

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Ukraine war latest: Putin 'only person' who doesn't want war to stop, Starmer says - as Macron hails 'turning point'
US sanctions top Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills
US and EU target Russian oil companies funding the war in Ukraine
“Being touched by US sanctions, even secondary sanctions, is like the death penalty for the private sector,” said sanctions expert Maria Perrotta Berlin at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Econo...

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Putin says Russia will never bow to US pressure, warns on missiles
Putin ally accuses Trump of an 'act of war' against Russia after US president imposed new oil sanctions

Serbian foreign minister proposes hosting Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations amid ongoing conflict

Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric offers to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks, citing Serbia's friendship with all parties involved in the conflict.

Oil prices jumped this week — and now U.S. consumers may be the ones to feel the pain from Trump’s Russia sanctions

The U.S.’s decision was surprising given Trump’s “longstanding focus on bringing down energy prices,” one analyst noted.

A bad week for Hungary’s strongman leader as Trump-Putin summit scrapped and US sanctions Russia

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine welcomes new U.S., EU sanctions against Russia, as top Russian official declares them "act of war"

As Zelenskyy lauds Europe and the U.S. for ramping up economic pressure on Putin over the war in Ukraine, Moscow dismisses them as a counterproductive "act of war."

‘Ukraine’s future is our future’: Europe’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ vows to increase economic pressure on Russia

European leaders vowed to work in coordination to ratchet up the pressure on Russia as the so-called “coalition of the willing” met in London to discuss strategies to end the war in Ukraine.

U.K. judge sentences 5 men for roles in Russia-linked arson attack in London

British prosecutors said that the arson — organized on behalf of the Wagner paramilitary group — was intimately connected to the Russian state

Russia violates NATO airspace in Lithuania amid Putin warning on long-range missiles

Russian jets violated NATO airspace over Lithuania for 18 seconds during suspected refueling exercise. Nation's president calls it a breach of international law amid tensions.
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