The United States has prepared additional sanctions that could be imposed on key sectors of the Russian economy if Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin continues to stall on ending the war. Details: US officials have told their European counterparts that they support the European Union using frozen Russian assets to purchase American weapons for Ukraine.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

It is increasingly difficult for Putin to finance his war. Every Euro we deny Russia is one it cannot spend on war."

Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.

Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin special envoy, is reported to have arrived in the United States for "official" talks following the imposition of sanctions on Russia's oil sector and the cancellation of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Hungary.

United States targets Russian oil giants over Vladimir Putin’s refusal to end 'senseless' war in Ukraine - Scott Bessent claimed the measures against Rosneft and Lukoil will ‘degrade’ the Kremlin’s mi

The United States hit Russia's major oil companies with sanctions and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major training exercise involving nuclear arms.

China likes to condemn the United States for extending its arm too far outside of its borders to make demands on non-American companies. But when it sought to hit back at the U.S. interests this month,