Trump is ready to punish Russia with more sanctions on Ukraine’s strikes

president Donald Trump He says he is ready to punish Russia with the “second stage” of sanctions after it fired the largest barrage of drones and missiles on Sunday, which led to the destruction of the cabinet building and the killing of her mother and child.

“Yes, I am,” Trump told a correspondent, he asked whether he was ready to move forward with more sanctions after months of failing to obtain Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his military operations or meet the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump said he still has plans to chat with Putin “During the next two days” although it is not clear what he hopes to get out of the last conversation.

Russia strikes Ukraine with the largest air attack on the war, as it faced peace talks

“See, we will accomplish it,” he told reporters on Sunday. “Russia’s position is Ukraine. We will accomplish it.”

Trump said that he was “not pleased” with the Russian Sunday attack, which was damaged by the cais of Kiev and the killing of four, including the mother and her child, after 810 drones and 13 missiles launched via Ukraine.

The Air Force in Ukraine said it salutes 747 drones and four missiles launched.

“I am not pleased with what is happening there,” Trump said. “I think we will get a settlement. But I am not happy with them. I am not happy with anything related to this war.”

Putin warns Western forces in Ukraine to be “legal goals”

The strike came a few days after Putin claimed that he was ready for that It meets with Zelenskyy As long as the Ukrainian leader traveled to Moscow – West and Ukrainian step alike said it was not just a dangerous proposal for Zelinski, but he lacked any real effort by Putin to participate in good -intention negotiations to end the war.

Trump told reporters on Sunday European leaders He will also go to Washington, DC, this week to discuss the next steps in ending the war, although he did not explain in detail who will take the trip and whether Zelinski will be among them.

Putin said last month that his conditions for ending the war will focus on freezing the front lines where they stand in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzia, but it seems that it indicates that Ukraine will need to withdraw its forces from Donetsk and Luhansk, Amid other conditions.

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But on Monday, the Ukraine Army said it has recovered the strategic city of Zarish.

ZARICHNE is located near Luhansk – a region that is evaluated to almost completely operating – near the main transportation roads that link important cities in Donetsk.

Ukraine also said last month that it made progress in the areas near Boucrovsk in West Donetsk, where Russian forces are focusing on their summer. Operating efforts.

Reuters contributed to this report.