President Donald Trump says he is prepared to move to the second phase of sanctioning Russia following Moscow’s largest-ever aerial attack on Ukraine.
Trump’s statement on Sunday is the closest he has come to suggesting he is on the verge of ramping up sanctions against Moscow or its oil buyers over the war in Ukraine.
Trump has repeatedly threatened Moscow with further sanctions but withheld them as he pursued peace talks.
The latest comments suggest an increasingly aggressive posture, but Trump stopped short of saying he was committed to such a decision or what a second phase might entail, Reuters said.
