Ukraine praises Trump ultimatum as ‘strong signal’ to Putin to end war
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Zelensky’s sanctions tsar tells The Independent there are many ways for Trump to increase pressure on Putin. Ukraine has praised Donald Trump’s threat to Vladimir Putin to end the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “the hard way” using tariffs and sanctions as sending a “strong signal” to the Kremlin.
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In his first major remarks on Ukraine after re-entering the White House, the US president urged Putin to “settle now and stop this ridiculous war” or face intensified sanctions, taxes and tariffs, adding: “We can do it the easy way, or the hard way.”.
Responding on Thursday, the Kremlin trioed to downplay the remarks, insisting it saw nothing particularly new in Mr Trump’s threats – with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claiming that Moscow was ready for an equal and mutually respectful dialogue with the US.
Earlier, Russia’s deputy UN ambassador Dmitry Polyansky had warned that Moscow would have to see what Trump thinks a “deal” to end the war in Ukraine actually means, adding that for the Kremlin it is “first and foremost the question of addressing root causes of Ukrainian crisis.”.
But Ukrainian officials welcomed Mr Trump’s intervention, with foreign minister Andrii Sybiha hailing it as sending a “strong signal” to Moscow. In remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine’s top diplomat said: “We do really welcome such strong messages from President Trump and we believe that he will be the winner. And we believe that we have an additional chance to get new dynamic in diplomatic efforts to end this war.”.
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