I am seriously considering the introduction of sanctions and customs duties on Russia on a large scale until the arms suspension and the final peace agreement concluded – wrote the President of the United States Donald Trump in his social media. “Come at the table before it is too late,” he called Ukraine and Russia.
“Considering the fact that Russia is currently absolutely” smashing “Ukraine on the battlefield, I am seriously considering introducing large -scale banking sanctions, sanctions and customs duties on Russia, until a suspension of weapons and a final peace agreement is reached,” he wrote Donald Trump on the Truth Social portal.
“To Russia and Ukraine, come to the table now before it is too late,” he called.
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Russia's massive attack on Ukraine's infrastructure
The entry of the American president appeared after Russia carried out a massive attack on energy and gas infrastructure facilities Ukraine using 67 rockets and 194 drones.
At the beginning of the Russian invasion, banking sanctions against Russia have already been introduced Joe Bidencovering them dozens of Russian banks, including all the largest. Trump's predecessor also introduced an embargo on the import of many Russian goods, including metals, oil and gas, diamonds or uranium. As a result, the value of Russian imports to USA It fell from $ 30 billion before the invasion of $ 3 billion this year.
Trump in January threatened to introduce sanctions and duties on Russia to make it negotiate, but stopped these threats after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin. On Thursday, a special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said that the US goal was to bring “reset” in relations with Russia, although he claimed that Washington could increase the level of restriction enforcement to put emphasis on Russia in negotiations. He assessed the level of sharpness of current sanctions on 7 on a 10-degree scale, but the level of their enforcement on 3.
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The Minister of Finance of the USA about sanctions
Meanwhile, Minister of Finance Scott Bessent during the Thursday speech at Economic Club of New York said that the US is ready to go “all out” when it comes to sanctions. He stated that the sanctions imposed by the Biden administration – especially in the energy sector – were “grossly weak”. At the same time, he agreed with the statement that excessive use of sanctions hits the dollar position.
The conditions of a possible peace agreement are to be the subject of a meeting between delegations from the USA and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia next week.
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