US imposes new sanctions against Moscow. Trump: "I'll see Putin, the war will be resolved."

The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new package of sanctions against Russia, targeting the the country's two main oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil. The decision was accompanied by a appeal to Moscow to immediately end hostilities in Ukraine and to initiate credible and lasting peace negotiations.

Major Russian energy companies hit

According to Washington, The measure is a direct response to Russia's "lack of serious willingness to engage in a peace process."The new sanctions aim to hit the energy revenues that fuel “the Kremlin’s war machine.”
"Faced with President Putin's refusal to end this senseless war, the Treasury Department imposes sanctions on the two major oil companies that finance the Kremlin's war machine."Said Scott Bessent, head of international economic operations of the U.S. Treasury, adding that Washington is ready "to go further, if necessary", and called on Western allies “to join this effort.”

Trump: "Heavy sanctions. Let's hope the war ends."

The US president Donald Trump, speaking from the Oval Office alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, called the sanctions "very heavy, enormous.", but expressed the hope that “they will not last long” and that “let the war end soon”.
Trump confirmed that he had a meeting with Vladimir Putin was cancelled: “It wouldn't have led to anything. We'll do it in the future. The war will be resolved”, he has declared.

The President then commented on the stalemate in talks declaring: “Every time I talk to Vladimir, I have nice conversations and then they don't go anywhere, they just don't go anywhere."
Asked about possible supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, Trump made it clear that “The problem with the Tomahawk is that it will take at least six months, usually a year, to learn how to use it. It's very complex. So The only way a Tomahawk will be thrown is if we throw it, and we won't do that.”.

On social media, Trump also an article of the denied Wall Street Journal according to which Washington has authorized Kiev to use long-range missiles against targets on Russian territory“This is FAKE NEWS! The United States had nothing to do with those missiles, wherever they came from, or what Ukraine does with them!” he wrote on Truth.

Il Wall Street Journal had The decision to allow Ukraine to strike targets in Russia was reported to have come after the transfer of operational authority to General Alexus Grynkewich., commander of US forces in Europe and NATO.
The news has arrived in the aftermath of the Ukrainian Storm Shadow missile attack on a Russian facility in Bryansk, used for produce explosives and rocket fuel, an operation claimed by the Ukrainian General Staff.

Trump expected in Asia: meeting with Xi Jinping 

The US president also announced an upcoming trip to Asia"Next week we will go to Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. In South Korea, I will meet with Chinese President Xi," he said.
According to Trump, Beijing “can have a great influence on Putin”, and the theme of the war in Ukraine will be “at the centre of the talks”.