Washington plans to punish Moscow on Friday despite acknowledging that the meeting between Putin and Witkoff has been "fruitful"
Trump has signed an order to impose 25% tariffs on India for the purchase of Russian oil. The US president plans to meet Putin next week.
White House representative Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The US today declared that the meeting between White House representative Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone "well," but Washington has maintained its intention to impose secondary sanctions on Russia next Friday, when the ultimatum to stop the war in Ukraine expires.
"The meeting between Russia and Special Representative Witkoff has gone well. Russia wants to remain in contact with the United States. Secondary sanctions are expected to be imposed on Friday," a senior AB government official told the press.
Secondary sanctions are indirect measures applied to third states to deter trade with a sanctioned country. In this regard, US President Donald Trump has today signed an order imposing 25% tariffs on Indiafor the purchase of Russian oil in retaliation.
On the Truth Social platform, Trump described today's three-hour meeting between Putin and Witkoff in Moscow as "fruitful."
"My special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has just had a fruitful meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Great progress has been made! I have since communicated it to some European allies," the Republican leader explained.
Trump announced that he would impose sanctions on Russia and its trading partners if no agreement was reached on the war in Ukraine, and on July 29 he reduced the deadline for doing so from 50 to 10 days, an ultimatum that expires on Friday.
The fifthmeeting between Putin and Witkoff since the beginning of the year da - the last was in April - and so far the Russian leader has not accepted the request for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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On theother hand, according to The New York Times , Trump plans to meet with the Russian president next week, after which the Republican plans to hold a second meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump spoke to Zelensky, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte today.
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