A Ukrainian soldier passes a residential building damaged by Russian military strikes in the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on March 6. © Reuters
WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump raised the prospect of imposing large-scale U.S. sanctions on Russia on Friday, days after pausing military aid and intelligence support to Ukraine, and he called on both countries to get on with negotiating a peace deal.
Trump's threat of banking curbs and tariffs followed a Reuters report on Monday that the White House was preparing to give Russia possible sanctions relief as part of the push to end the war and improve diplomatic and economic ties with Moscow.