Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose massive sanctions or tariffs on Russia if there is no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. Trump expressed frustration after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska and referenced a recent Russian strike on an American factory in Ukraine that injured employees. Trump said he had begun arrangements for a Putin–Zelensky meeting following a call with Putin, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted a meeting is necessary to negotiate an end to the war. Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said no meeting was planned and that an agenda was not ready. Trump also displayed a photograph of his meeting with Putin and mentioned Putin's interest in attending the 2026 World Cup.
I'm going to make a decision as to what we do and it's going to be a very important decision, and that's whether or not it's massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both, or we do nothing and say it's your fight, Trump said, showing apparent frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Putin in Alaska.
The president said he was unhappy about a Russian strike on an American factory in Ukraine this week, which caused a fire that injured some of the facility's employees. The Ukrainian president said on Friday that Russia was doing everything it could to prevent a meeting between him and Putin. Trump had said he had begun the arrangements for a Putin-Zelenskty meeting after a call with the Russian leader on Monday that followed their Alaska meeting, while Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for Putin to meet him, saying it is the only way to negotiate an end to the war.
Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, told NBC there was no meeting planned, but Putin was ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda would be ready for a summit. And this agenda is not ready at all.
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