“SECONDARY TARIFFS”
Trump has beforehand threatened that new measures may imply “secondary tariffs” focusing on Russia’s remaining commerce companions, similar to China and India. This might additional stifle Russia, however would danger vital worldwide disruption.
Regardless of the stress from Washington, Russia has continued its onslaught in opposition to its pro-Western neighbour.
Putin, who has persistently rejected requires a ceasefire, mentioned on Friday that he desires peace however that his calls for for ending his practically three-and-a-half-year invasion had been “unchanged”.
“We’d like a long-lasting and steady peace on stable foundations that might fulfill each Russia and Ukraine, and would make sure the safety of each international locations,” Putin instructed reporters.
However he added that “the situations (from the Russian facet) definitely stay the identical.”
Russia has regularly referred to as on Ukraine to successfully cede management of 4 areas that Moscow claims to have annexed, a requirement Kyiv has referred to as unacceptable.
Putin additionally desires Ukraine to drop its ambitions to hitch the North Atlantic Treaty Group.
Ukraine launched a drone assault on Sunday that sparked a fireplace at an oil depot in Sochi, the host metropolis of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Kyiv has mentioned it’s going to intensify its air strikes in opposition to Russia in response to a rise in Russian assaults on its territory in current weeks, which have killed dozens of civilians.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned on Monday that its air defences intercepted 61 Ukrainian drones in a single day.
One individual was killed by Russian shelling within the southern Kherson area, Ukraine’s army administration mentioned in a Telegram put up early on Monday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy additionally mentioned on Sunday that the 2 sides had been making ready a prisoner change that might see 1,200 Ukrainian troops return residence, following talks with Russia in Istanbul in July.
Trump started his second time period together with his personal rosy predictions that the conflict in Ukraine – raging since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022 – would quickly finish.
In current weeks, Trump has more and more voiced frustration with Putin over Moscow’s unrelenting offensive.
