When President Donald Trump spoke on the telephone with Vladimir Putin last week, the Russian leader undertook to draw up and send in the coming days what he referred to as the "peaceable mememorandaum" in which the Russian requirements for ceasefire with Ukraine, according to a US authoritative and the White home acquainted with the case, were presented. But more than a week after this telephone conversation, the United States inactive hasn't received a paper from Russia, as the origin claims. Now Trump is considering imposing fresh sanctions on Moscow in the coming days, giving vent to his rage on the state of conflict, according to those acquainted with the case.
In the last fewer weeks, options have been developed to apply fresh sanctions to Moscow, but so far Trump He didn't approve them. . On Sunday, the president said that he would "absolutely" consider fresh sanctions after continuous rocket bombing and drones, in which many people were killed. "It kills many people," Trump said about Putin on Sunday. "I don't know what's incorrect with him. What the hell happened to him?”
And in a post by fact Social on Tuesday, the president wrote: “Wladimir Putin does not realize that if it wasn’t for me, Russia would have done quite a few bad, and it would have done truly bad. He is playing with fire!”
Tension increased on Tuesday evening X, erstwhile there was an exchange between Dmitri Medvedev, a Russian safety officer and erstwhile president of the country, and Keith Kellogg, Trump's peculiar envoy to Ukraine and Russia. Referring to Trump’s entry, Medvedev wrote: “I only know about 1 truly bad thing — planet War III. I hope Trump understands this!” Kellogg replied that the US is waiting for a note from Russia.
"To fuel fear of planet War III is an unfortunate, reckless comment @MedvedevRussiaE and unworthy of planet power. president Trump @POTUS is working on stopping this war and ending the killing. We are waiting to receive the RU Memorandum (Term Sheet) you promised a week ago. halt fire immediately’ Kellogg wrote on X.
Trump may inactive choose not to impose fresh sanctions, say those acquainted with the case, according to earlier examples, erstwhile he withdrew from threats to hit Russia for its actions in Ukraine. Trump said privately that he was afraid that fresh sanctions could remove Russia from the peace talks. During the telephone call last Monday Trump told Putin that Russia and Ukraine should communicate straight in order to negociate a peace agreement, and Europe and the United States will assist erstwhile needed," the White home authoritative informed.
After this call, Trump said on social media that the terms of the ceasefire "will be negotiated between both parties due to the fact that it is possible." The telephone was sent only a fewer days after the first direct talks between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey. erstwhile the talks ended, it was expected that Ukraine would receive the following Russian note.
However, Russia's plan to send a memorandum not only to Ukraine, but besides to the United States indicates that Trump finished the conversation without washing his hands entirely from a possible future commitment. The Secretary of State Marco Rubio besides spoke to Russian abroad Minister Sergei Lavrow the day before Trump's telephone conversation with Putin and said they discussed the subject.
Lavrow then told Rubio that Russian officials "are preparing a paper setting out their ceasefire requirements, which will then lead to wider negotiations," said Rubio in the CBS programme "Face the Nation" last week. He added that if this happens, along with Ukrainian proposals, "we can work on it." "I hope this happens soon," Rubio added. On Tuesday, Russian MFA spokesperson Maria Zacharowa reported that Moscow is working on a document.
"Russia continues to work on a draft memorandum on the future peace treaty, which sets out a number of issues, specified as rules of regulation, a timeframe for possible peace agreement (and) a possible ceasefire for a limited period in the event of an agreement being reached", said Zacharova. "As shortly as the memorandum is prepared, it will be handed over to Kiev", she continued in her statement. "We anticipate the Ukrainian side to do the same work and send us its advancement at the same time as receiving the Russian document". While the US is waiting for Russia – with increasing frustration – the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski accused Putin on Monday of "ordinary playing diplomacy and diplomats". Meanwhile, Democrats and Republican legislators began lobbying Trump to importantly tighten US sanctions after weekend attacks.
"We all, through our public statements as well as our private contacts, are pushing very, very hard," said Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Monday CNN. Blumenthal is simply a key figure behind a draft legislature bill covering all parties, besides sponsored by Trump's ally, Senator Lindsey Graham, which aims to impose "paralysis" fresh funds on Moscow. It would include "secondary sanctions", specified as massive duties of 500 % for countries purchasing Russian energy. Over 80 senators signed the bill.
According to Blumenthal, a two-party bill – which may affect US opponents specified as China, as well as friendly Asian and European states – was developed in a "very broad" consultation with US allies who may be affected by fresh sanctions on Russian energy imports. Germany, France and the United Kingdom are now "totally in favour, with 100% support," CNN said. After conversation with Putin last week Trump told European leaders during the telephone conversation that he would not join them in applying fresh measures to Moscow for the time being, although he had previously signalled his willingness to take a more decisive step towards Putin," said the European official.
Trump “believes that if you start threatening sanctions, the Russians will halt talking, and there is value in that we can talk to them and force them to sit at the table,” Rubio told the legislators in the legislature abroad Affairs Committee last week, the day after Trump and Putin spoke on the phone. "If we see, look, they gotta do it, no 1 says it's a guarantee." Following Trump's fresh statements, French president Emmanuel Macron expressed hope that the American leader would change course.
"President Trump realizes that erstwhile president Putin said on the telephone that he was ready for a room, or told his envoys that he was ready for a room, he lied," Macro said on Monday. "We saw Donald Trump express his anger one more time in the last hours. A form of impatience. I simply hope that this will now translate into action." Trump previously raised the issue of fresh sanctions on the Russian banking sector and secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian energy products. Both options were developed, but it was not clear what concrete steps Trump was considering following Russia's weekend bombing of Ukraine.
