Ukraine-Russia war live: Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin for stalling ceasefire and threatens more sanctions

Donald Trump threatened secondary sanctions against Russian oil, a step that, according to analysts, could have a far -reaching effect on the oil market.

Mr. Trump said there would be “a tariff of 25 to 50 points on all oil” if an agreement was not concluded between Russia and Ukraine and “if I think it was Russia’s fault.”

“Anyone who buys oil from Russia will not be able to sell their product, any product, not just oil, in the United States.”

Analysts suggest that India and China – the largest buyers of Russian oil – would be the worst through the secondary sanctions.

Russia is one of the world’s three largest oil exporters, which means it could have a penalty on those who buy Russian oil and relieved in trade would have a destabilizing impact on the market.

William Reinsch, a former official of the Department of Trade at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the random way in which Mr. Trump announced and threatening rates, leaving many questions unanswered, including how US officials can detect and prove which countries are buying Russian oil.

India has surpassed China to become the largest buyer of the Russian crude oil of Seaborne, which in 2024 constitutes about 35 percent of India’s total rough imports.

Russia’s Defense Ministry says it caught Zaporizhzhia, a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, after a rocket attack.

“Battlegroup Center units completed the liberation of the Zaporozhye settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic through successful offensive operations,” the ministry said in a statement with his own names for the town and the region claiming to have been an illegally annexed of Ukraine.

It is said that a rocket strike The Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) units up to 170 troops and foreign mercenaries died over the past day.

The town is not related to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that is in another region of the same name to the south.

The town lies just 7 km from the border of Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region.

After threatening Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump warned President of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelensky, against ‘big, major problems’ ahead when he is out of a mineral deal with the US.

The remarks of the US president come hours after he criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for commenting on the leader of Ukraine.

“He is trying to return from the rare earth agreement,” Mr. Trump told reporters on the Air Force one of Mr. Zelensky, referring to an agreement that the US will provide access to the rare earthminerals of Ukraine.

“If he does, he has some problems. Big, big problems. We made a deal on rare earth. And now he says, “Well, you know, I want to renegotiate the agreement.”

Trump said on his way from Florida to Washington: “He wants to be a member of the NATO. He would never be a member of NATO. He understands it.”

Although he insisted on reporters that “we make a lot of progress”, he acknowledged that there was a huge hatred between Mr. Zelensky and Mr. Putin is, a new indication that negotiations may not be the quick conclusion he promised during the campaign.

In an earlier interview with NBC News, he referred to the remarks that Mr. Putin made Friday about the temporary farm of Ukraine under external management.

Mr. Trump said he “angry, pissed” when the Russian leader “began to end up in Zelensky’s credibility.”

Vladimir Putin makes a mockery of ceasefire, a Ukrainian MP told The Independent.

Olexandr Merezhko, who chaired the Ukrainian Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee, said earlier this week that Donald Trump could change his attitude towards the Russian autocrat if he realized that Putin was not serious about peace.

The statement of Mr. Trump that he is ‘p ***** off’ with the Russian autocrat can be the first proof of such an attitude change.

The handling of Putin is’ worse than dealing with gangsters’ because ‘you can never trust you can never rely [on him]”, Mr. Merezhko said.

He added: ‘It is an illusion to believe that you can make a deal with Putin [which will] Is followed by Putin. It is a total illusion.

‘Trump must understand that this is a mockery of Putin. It is a mockery, all this negotiation process. If Trump realizes this, he might change his attitude towards Putin. ‘

Sir Keir Starmer updated US President Donald Trump on recent talks between European countries regarding the proposed ‘coalition of the willing’ peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

But what is the coalition actually?

The central focus of the coalition of the willingness is a peacekeeping force, and Europe leaders are expected to discuss what they are exactly willing to contribute to a military effort on the ground in Ukraine.

The group also needs support from the US, which has provided important intelligence information to Ukraine throughout the conflict.

So far, only the United Kingdom and France have committed to providing troops to the matter, and Sir Keir will offer a detailed plan on what the peacekeeping force can provide to leaders in the Elysee Palace on Thursday.

The leaders are also expected to discuss continuing military assistance and funding to strengthen the Army of Ukraine.

Russian forces prepare them to launch a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize the pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating position in ceasefire, the Ukrainian government and military analysts said.

The move could give Russian President Vladimir Putin the reason to delay discussions about the fight in favor of more land, Ukrainian officials said and renewed their country’s repeated arguments that Russia did not intend to end a meaningful dialogue to end the war.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said sanctions against Russia are “essential” to bring about a fair ending to the war in Ukraine.

In his nocturnal speech on X, the Ukrainian president said the ‘geography and brutality of Russian strikes’ shows that Vladimir Putin ‘does not care less about diplomacy’.

“Russia earns increased pressure – all the difficult measures that maintain its ability to wage war and the system that wants nothing but war,” Mr Zelensky wrote.

“Sanctions against Russia are essential. More air defense for Ukraine is essential. More cooperation and unit among all partners are essential.”

Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer agreed that ‘collective pressure’ on Vladimir Putin is needed in a phone call Sunday night, Downing Street said.

The two leaders kept the call after the news broke that the US president was “P ***** Off” at the Russian autocrat, whose remarks “are not going in the right direction”.

In a statement from Downing Street, it is said: “The Prime Minister updated the president about the productive discussions at the meeting of the Coalition of Wivil in Paris this week.

“The leaders agreed on the need to retain the collective pressure on Putin.”