Trump says he is not happy with Russia’s Putin, considering sanctions

US president voices vexation implicit the continuing warfare successful Ukraine, says Vladimir Putin is ‘killing a batch of people’.

United States President Donald Trump says helium is not blessed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, implicit the continuation of the warfare successful Ukraine and suggests helium is considering further sanctions against Moscow.

“We get a batch of b******t thrown astatine america by Putin,” Trump said during a gathering with his furniture astatine the White House connected Tuesday. “He’s precise bully each the time, but it turns retired to beryllium meaningless.”

Putin is “killing a batch of people” and a batch of them are his soldiers and Ukraine’s forces, Trump added.

When asked astir his involvement successful a measure projected by the Senate for further sanctions connected Russia, Trump said: “I’m looking astatine it precise strongly.”

But helium refused to preview his plans further erstwhile asked whether helium volition enactment connected his vexation with Putin.

“I wouldn’t beryllium telling you. Don’t we privation to person a small surprise?” Trump told reporters. He past pivoted to discussing the lengthy readying for past month’s US strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Trump made the comments arsenic French President Emmanuel Macron said successful an code to the British Parliament that Europe volition “never wantonness Ukraine”.

Macron stressed that the United Kingdom and France volition enactment with a “coalition of the willing” to enactment Ukraine.

“We volition combat till the precise past infinitesimal successful bid to get the ceasefire, successful bid to commencement the negotiations to physique this robust and sustainable peace, due to the fact that this is our information and our principles unneurotic which are astatine involvement successful Ukraine,” Macron said.

Earlier connected Tuesday, Trump said his medication volition nonstop much weapons to Ukraine, adding that the caller shipments would beryllium chiefly comprised of “defensive weapons”.

According to US media reports, Washington had paused the transportation of definite missiles and munitions to Ukraine owed to its dwindling weapons stockpiles. The Pentagon said it was conducting a “capability review” of US weapons.

As a candidate, Trump promised to swiftly extremity the warfare successful Ukraine. But truthful far, his diplomatic efforts – including respective telephone calls with Putin – person failed to stem the violence.

Ukrainian and Russian officials met for direct talks successful Turkiye successful May and agreed to a captive swap, but the 2 sides person not been capable to scope a impermanent truce, fto unsocial a lasting ceasefire.

On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is waiting for Ukraine to suggest imaginable dates for further negotiations. “As soon arsenic dates are agreed – and we anticipation that it volition beryllium done – we volition marque an announcement,” helium said.

Russia has been stepping up its long-range attacks connected Ukrainian cities successful caller weeks and has been dilatory grinding its mode guardant on respective parts of the Ukrainian beforehand enactment successful caller months.

On Monday, it announced that it had captured the Ukrainian colony of Dachne successful the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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