Trump still weighing 'very serious' economic sanctions on Russia

27/8/2025 6:18

Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is prepared to impose economic sanctions against Russia if its president, Vladimir Putin, fails to agree to a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.



The president has withheld long-threatened sanctions against Putin in his latest push to end the more than three-year-long war that has so far defied his efforts at mediation.



Trump is seeking one-on-one talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Putin. Though Zelenskiy has agreed in principle to such talks, Putin has not. The Kremlin has suggested no such meeting is currently on the cards.