"US prepare fresh sanctions against Russia – Reuters Package is ready to send, but it is not clear whether Donald Trump will approve it as the ceasefire negotiations continue, reports"

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The United States finalised a fresh set of economical sanctions aimed at Russia as a lever to force Moscow to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, informed the Reuters agency on Friday, citing respective sources.However, it is inactive unclear whether US president Donald Trump will approve these measures.
Earlier media reports suggested that Trump did not regulation out sanctions unless the ceasefire was shortly achieved.

On Monday, Moscow proposed a 72-hour ceasefire from 8 to 10 May, presenting the initiative as an chance to launch "direct negotiations with Kiev without preconditions".

Ukrainian Vladimir Zelenski rejected the proposal as ‘manipulation’, insisting on a 30-day truce.The aim of the fresh sanctions under discussion is the state-owned Russian power giant Gazprom and the large players active in the natural and banking resources sector, said an administrative authoritative agency without giving details.Russia has been subject to US sanctions due to the Ukraine crisis since 2014, which have been drastically tightened after the escalation of the conflict in 2022. Russia found sanctions illegal.US National safety Council "trying to coordinate any set of more repressive actions against Russia", stated Reuters' origin acquainted with the problem, adding that "It will should be signed by Trump".

Another anonymous U.S. authoritative said: "It's entirely his decision."As the Trump administration actively participated in negotiations with Moscow and Kiev to end the conflict in Ukraine, it reportedly presented a peace plan which includes US designation of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, as well as freezing the conflict on current front lines and recognising Moscow's control over large parts of the 4 erstwhile regions of Ukraine that voted to join Russia.The agreement would besides launch a phased abolition of sanctions imposed on Russia and prevent Ukraine from joining NATO.Meanwhile, U.S. Senator for the Republican organization Lindsey Graham said that at least 72 Senators now support ‘ruling bones’ sanctions if Russia opposes peace talks.

Senator insisted that the mark of this group "is helping the President" in gaining an advantage over Russia.Last period US Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioned the sense of imposing fresh restrictions on Moscow, stating that Trump administration "hopes to see first"If diplomacy works.

“The minute you start doing these things, you walk away, you conviction yourself to another 2 years of war, and we don’t want that to happen” – he said.



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source:https://www.rt.com/news/616684-us-preparing-new-russia-sanctions/

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