To appreciate the dramatic shift in President Donald Trump’s policy towards Ukraine, consider two scenes in the Oval Office, months apart:

Furthermore, the sanctions on Russia are far from the most extreme any nation has faced, as the EU is still too dependent on Russian energy for a complete break.

Some European politicians were jubilant after US President Donald Trump made a U-turn on the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Monday by threatening to impose secondary sanctions on Russia in 50 days and vowing to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine — and adding that European NATO members would pay for it.

Donald Trump gave Russia an ultimatum. He demanded Vladimir Putin end the Ukraine war in 50 days. Or else, Russia will face sanctions and weapons for

On October 14, the Department of Treasury, Commerce, and State issued a report detailing how American sanctions and export controls have severely limited Russia’s ability to wage its war in Ukraine.

Kyiv experienced a “particularly terrible night,” with brutal attacks by drone groups and missiles, including ballistic missiles, Ukrainian official Sybiha wrote on X. “Putin rejects any peace efforts and diplomacy in favor of terror and war crimes,

Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. US lawmakers hope a bill will help combat democratic backsliding.

The sanctions are clear, powerful, and multi-stage. The Biden administration’s extensive sanction proposals were developed in coordination with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez of New Jersey, a Democrat. Menendez and his Senate colleagues developed bi-partisan legislation to impose sanctions that will damage the Russian economy deeply and quickly if Russia invades Ukraine.

France, Britain and Germany told Iran on Thursday that they wanted Tehran to resume diplomacy immediately over its nuclear programme and warned if there were no concrete steps by the end of the summer they would restore U.

The latest Russian advances in Ukraine come as Moscow intensifies its war effort, despite fresh pressure from Donald Trump for a ceasefire.