In August, the head of the White House threatened Putin with “serious consequences” if he did not agree to the ceasefire or at least does not take certain steps into the world. However, neither Putin’s refusal from the end of the war in Ukraine, nor from a meeting with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, did not encourage Trump to impose new sanctions against the Russian Federation.
On September 13, the American president wrote Truth Social on his social network that will introduce more serious sanctions against the Russian Federation if all NATO countries begin to do the same.
According to the Axios source, Trump admitted to his proxies that he incorrectly appreciated Putin's desire for peace. The head of the White House recently doubts that he will be able to influence the illegitimate Russian president, the media added.
Context
After negotiations with Putin in Alaska and meetings with Zelensky and European leaders in Washington, the US president announced the need for personal negotiations between Putin and Zelensky. Subsequently, the Kremlin began to put forward The conditions that, according to media estimates, may be an attempt to tighten or avoid dialogue.
Since September, during a press conference after a visit to China, Putin said that he did not see the point in a meeting with Zelensky, but did not reject its holdings, but in Moscow. The Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiga called such conditions “consciously unacceptable” and emphasized that at least seven countries are ready to accept the meeting. In response, Zelensky invited Putin to Kyiv.
