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President Trump said Wednesday he felt it was the right time to slap sanctions on Russia as a part of the administration’s effort to push Moscow to end its war with Ukraine. “I just felt it was time. We waited a long time. I thought that…

'Every time I speak with Vladimir, I have good conversations, and then they don’t go anywhere,' Trump said as he announced the sanctions

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the tough new measures against Moscow after White House scrapped plans for talks with Putin

A massive explosion ripped through an ammunition factory in Russia's Chelyabinsk region on Wednesday evening.

The U.S. sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil to choke off Russian war funding, urging Moscow to accept a ceasefire or face deeper economic isolation.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced major new sanctions on Russia, after his proposed meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Budapest was nixed.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has imposed direct sanctions on Russia to pressure Vladimir Putin to agree to an "immediate ceasefire" in the Ukraine war. It is the first time in his second term that Trump slapped direct sanctions on Russia - and…

The sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil and dozens of subsidiaries come after months of bipartisan pressure on Trump to hit Russia with harder sanctions on its oil industry.

David van Weel also said that the EU is already working on the next package of restrictions

The US has nothing to do with those missiles, wherever they may come from, or what Ukraine does with them!" the president stressed

President Trump on Wednesday rejected a report from the Wall Street Journal that the U.S. had given approval for Ukraine to launch missiles deep into Russian territory, distancing itself from strikes carried out by Kyiv using British long…

The new restrictions target two major oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, and its subsidiaries Read Full Article at RT.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Treasury levies sanctions against Russia’s two biggest oil companies, blasts Moscow’s refusal to end ‘senseless war.’

"I believe that the president is disappointed," Bessent said of Trump's reaction to the scrapped talks, which had been scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary.

The circumstances of companies' closure in Russia will be taken into account first and foremost, noted Deputy Minister of Economic Development Denis Tyupyshev

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

The decision comes on the eve of a crucial meeting of European leaders that will seek to stress the EU's support for Ukraine.

Secretary of the Treasury did not provide any details

By Jennifer Hansler, Kit Maher, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies as it called on Moscow to agree to an immediate ceasefire in the war with Ukraine.…