Trump also said he hopes the sanctions on Russian oil companies will not need to be in place for a long time. Trump said last year that he likes to remove sanctions quickly becaus

Renewed Russian attacks, following the apparent collapse of a planned Trump-Putin meeting, show that a negotiated solution to the war remains distant.

Bessent said the new sanctions are part of Washington’s continued effort to pressure Moscow while supporting Kyiv’s defense.

President Trump initially made plans for a meeting with Putin to work on an agreement to end the war with Ukraine. The summit was canceled days later.

Russia said on Wednesday that it was still preparing for a potential summit between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, though no date had been set and that Putin - like Trump - did not want to waste his time.

Russia rejects Trump's plan to halt Ukraine conflict at current battle lines, with Moscow demanding full control of Donbas region for lasting peace agreement.

President Donald Trump said meeting Russia's Vladimir Putin would be a "waste of time" just before Russia carried out strikes across Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's call for Ukraine and Russia to stop at the current frontlines was "a good compromise". But Zelenskiy, who is visiting Nordic countries,