The USA and allies put Putin under pressure with new sanctions

The USA and allies put Putin under pressure with new sanctions

The western allies of Ukraine, including the United States, are threatened with further sanctions if Moscow is facing the 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. This threat expressed the US President Donald Trump, who demands an "unrestricted ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine-a proposal that Moscow repeatedly rejected. An important meeting of the leaders of the European allies of Ukraine takes place on Saturday in Kiev, which illustrates the growing pressure on Russia.

Trump relies on diplomacy and pressure

Trump made the end of the war in Ukraine one of his priorities and invested a lot of effort to win over Russian President Vladimir Putin for his proposal. Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Russia four times to speak to Putin, and there have been numerous high-ranking meetings between US and Russian officials since Trump returned to the White House in January. Despite some previously unimaginable concessions, the Trump administration has not been able to achieve that Russia agrees to the limited ceasefire offering, which is considered a first step into a permanent peace.

growing impatience with Russia

Now Trump quickly seems to lose patience with Putin because the progress fails to fail. Trump's latest statements mark a further change in the US position on the conflict that had temporarily understood understanding for the Kremlin. A few days ago, US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio threatened that the United States would stop the talks if there was no progress. In the meantime, the United States is leading the other western allies of Ukraine to put Russia under more pressure.

Support by European leaders

The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj indicated on Friday that an announcement on details of the ceasefire can be expected on Saturday. He explained that the leaders of the so -called "coalition of the willing" - a group of western nations who committed themselves to defend Ukraine against Russia - will meet in Kiev on Saturday, but could not give any details about the list of participants.

Trump spoke to Selenskyj and several European leaders about the ceasefire and sanctions on Thursday. The French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned that he spoke to Trump several times on Thursday and praised his strong appeal for an unrestricted 30-day ceasefire. "We all have to work towards this goal immediately, without false ideas or delaying tactics. Ukraine has already received its support for such an armistice almost two months ago. I now expect Russia to do the same," said Macron on X.

international solidarity with Ukraine

Macron added that France was "ready to react firmly, together with all Europeans and in close coordination with the United States" if Russia does not accept the proposal. On Friday, Macron confirmed that there would be a “parts of virtual and parts of personal” meetings in Kiev on Saturday.

Trump also spoke to the leaders of ten Northern European countries on Thursday, known to the security partnership known as a common expedition troop (JEF). The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Norway, Sweden and Finland on the phone on a summit in Oslo during their dinner, both with Trump and Selenskyj, as can be explained by the explanations of several countries.

international encouragement in LVIV

"Our message to both presidents was that we are committed to a fair and permanent peace in Ukraine. We also sent our full support for the proposal of a 30-day ceasefire and our persistent commitment of Europe and the USA for the peace process," said Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristsson in an opinion on X.

on Friday, as Putin, as a number of Kremlin -friendly world leaders, including the Chinese President Xi Jinping, to a Received magnificent military parade in Moscow , the European allies showed their support for Kiev by dispatching high-ranking delegations for a meeting in Ukraine.

DOTZESS Foreign delegations were in the West Ukrainian city of LVIV on Friday to support the ceasefire plan and to support the establishment of a special court to investigate aggression crimes against Ukraine.

A number of high-ranking diplomats was also present, including EU foreign representative Kaja Kallas, British Foreign Minister David Lammy, the new German Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and many other diplomats from European countries.

Report by Pierre Bairin for Cnn.