Bessent in this way answered the journalist's question about the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Russia.
“I think everything is on the table,” said the head of the treasury department. – President Putin, since the historical meeting in Anchorage, from a telephone conversation, when the European leaders and President Zelnski were in the White House next Monday, he did the opposite than what he declared. In fact, in the wicked one. He wicked the bombing campaign – he added. He announced that the White House would “consider” all available options this week.
Russian attacks do not stop
The Bessent's words fell just over two weeks after the meeting of Donald Trump with Putin, after which the US president predicted that within 1-2 weeks it would turn out whether there were a chance to end the war in Ukraine. According to Trump, the main step towards this was to be a meeting between Putin and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski. Trump claimed that Putin agreed to such a meeting, although the Kremlin officials later said that such a meeting could only occur after the appropriate conditions were met and the key issues were agreed.
Last week, Russia also carried out further massive bombing of Ukrainian cities using over 600 drones and rockets, as a result of which at least 21 people were killed in Kiev, including children, and about 40 people were injured.
Both Bessent and Trump have repeatedly threatened to introduce sanctions and duties on Russia, but they have not yet done so, except for applying an additional 25 percent. duties on goods from India for the import of Russian oil.
