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US president said he has good conversations with his Moscow counterpart but they \u2018just don\u2019t go anywhere\u2019
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Donald Trump <\/a>has unleashed harsh new sanctions<\/a> on two of Russia\u2019s largest oil companies, the first such sanctions in his second term as US president.
The Treasury Department<\/a> said on Wednesday it was sanctioning Rosneft<\/a> and Lukoil in response to Russian president Vladimir Putin\u2019s<\/a> \u201crefusal to end this senseless war\u201d.
In a statement, the department lashed out at Moscow\u2019s \u201clack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine\u201d.
It said the sanctions would \u201cincrease pressure on Russia\u2019s energy sector and degrade the Kremlin\u2019s ability to raise revenue for its war machine and support its weakened economy\u201d.
The decision came after Trump had cancelled a planned meeting with Putin<\/a>, telling reporters on Wednesday that it \u201cjust didn\u2019t feel right to me\u201d.
\u201cEvery time I speak with Vladimir, I have good conversations, and then they don\u2019t go anywhere. They just don\u2019t go anywhere,\u201d he said.
Earlier in the day, Moscow also launched a major test of its nuclear capabilities on land, sea and air, involving a land-based “Yars” intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear-capable cruise missiles from strategic bombers.
In a statement, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was now \u201cthe time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire\u201d and pledged to take \u201cfurther action if necessary to support President Trump\u2019s effort to end yet another war\u201d while calling on American allies to join the U.S. effort by adhering to the new sanctions.
He also said the sanctions were due to Russian president Vladimir Putin\u2019s \u201crefusal to end this senseless war.\u201d
Bessent made the comments as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrived at the White House for a sit-down with Trump.
The president told reporters in the Oval Office that he \u201cjust felt it was time\u201d for new sanctions against Moscow and said it was \u201ca very big day\u201d in the American effort to support Ukraine as a result.
\u201cThese are very big, those are against big oil companies, and we hope that they won’t be on for long,\u201d he said.
Trump has appeared to rule out providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, arguing it would take too long to train the Ukrainian military to use them.
The president said it would take “minimal six months” or even a year to teach the long-range missile system to Ukrainians, adding that there is a “tremendous learning curve.”
\u201cThey’re highly complex, so the only way a Tomahawk is going to be shot is if we shot it, and we’re not going to do that,\u201d he said.
“It takes a year of intense training to learn how to use it, and we know how to use it and we’re not going to be teaching other people. It’s too far out into the future.\u201d
The Trump administration had previously considered the possibility of providing the weapons to Ukraine to help stop the war there started by Russia. But Trump shut down the option after speaking with Russian leader Vladimir Putin by suggesting that the U.S. needed to preserve its supply of Tomahawk missiles.
Russian drones attacked Kyiv for the second night running, with fragments injuring four people and damaging buildings in several districts, officials said early on Thursday.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said drones had damaged several dwellings and other buildings, including a kindergarten. City officials issued a warning for a possible missile attack on the capital.
Russian missile and drone attacks in different parts of Ukraine on Tuesday night killed six people, including two children.
In an attack across Ukraine the night before, at least six people were killed, including a woman and her two young daughters, Ukrainian authorities said.
Donald Trump said on Wednesday he cancelled a planned summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin due to a lack of progress in diplomatic efforts and a sense that the timing was off.
\u201cWe cancelled the meeting with President Putin, it just didn\u2019t feel right to me,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House.
\u201cIt didn\u2019t feel like we were going to get to the place we have to get. So I cancelled it, but we\u2019ll do it in the future.\u201d
Trump also expressed frustration with the stalled negotiations. \u201cIn terms of honesty, the only thing I can say is, every time I speak with Vladimir, I have good conversations, and then they don\u2019t go anywhere. They just don\u2019t go anywhere,\u201d he said.
The summit cancellation came as the White House unveiled new sanctions targeting Russian oil exports, part of a broader effort to pressure Moscow over its continued military operations in Ukraine.
Trump said he hoped the measures would be temporary.
The Trump administration has unveiled harsh new sanctions against Russia as President Donald Trump\u2019s push for talks to bring about an end to Moscow\u2019s four-year-old war against Ukraine appears to be at a standstill.
The Treasury Department on Wednesday said it was sanctioning Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia\u2019s two largest petroleum producing companies, as part of an effort to take aim at the energy sector which Moscow has used to fund the war effort.
The department said the new sanctions were \u201ca result of Russia\u2019s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine\u201d and meant to \u201cincrease pressure on Russia\u2019s energy sector and degrade the Kremlin\u2019s ability to raise revenue for its war machine and support its weakened economy.\u201d
Our White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg reports:<\/em><\/strong>
Donald Trump has imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia for the first time in his second term, targeting oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft as his frustration grows with Russian president Vladimir Putin over the war.
The US Treasury Department, which issued the sanctions said it was prepared to take further action as it called on Moscow to immediately agree to a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine, which began in February 2022.
“Given President Putin\u2019s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia\u2019s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin\u2019s war machine,” treasury secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
“We encourage our allies to join us in and adhere to these sanctions.”
Hundreds of starving and marooned Russian troops are being killed by Ukrainian drones<\/a> in the \u201cdeath zone\u201d of the Dnipro delta<\/a>, according to a report.
The river, surrounded by low-lying marshy islands, is split between Russian control on the left bank and Ukrainian control <\/a>on the right.
At least 5,100 Russians have died in the area since January this year<\/a>, some from starvation, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
Footage shared by the 40th Coastal Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Marine<\/a> Corps shows several makeshift Russian boats approaching the coastal swamp, only to be blown apart by Ukrainian suicide drones.
\u201cThe area is a death zone for Russia<\/a>,\u201d Colonel Oleksandr Zavtonov of Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s 30th Marine Corps told The Telegraph<\/em>. \u201cThere is nowhere to hide.\u201d
Read our full story below.
Sam Kiley in Dnipro, Ukraine, welcomes the collapse of the Budapest summit and argues that to give peace a chance Kyiv must be able to better make war.
Donald Trump<\/a> has threatened to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in a renewed push to get Vladimir Putin<\/a> to end the war.
The Tomahawk missile<\/a> is a US-made long-range cruise missile typically launched from sea to attack targets in deep-strike missions.
First used in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War<\/a>, the missiles have evolved considerably over the last 30 years. According to manufacturer Raytheon, the most recent version, called the Block IV Tactical Tomahawk, or TACTOM, can switch targets while in flight, loiter for hours and change course instantly on command.
Its most recent use came in 2024, when the US and UK Navies launched Tomahawk missiles at Houthi<\/a> rebel sites in Yemen<\/a>.
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