Meanwhile, frustrations about changing American policy remain as Ukraine and its allies are on the ceasefire deal.
Trump called for a war, but his administration took a more soft line on Russia than the previous policy, which led to the transformation of American policy from Ukraine’s support for some Russia’s acceptance of the war.
The approach is a sharp departure from the full support of Ukraine from Washington under the leadership of Biden.
While Ukraine and its European allies have pushed a 30 -day ceasefire as a step towards ending the war for three years, these efforts suffered a setback last week when Trump refused to impose additional sanctions on Moscow for not agreeing to an immediate pause in the fighting.
On Monday, Trump received a two -hour phone call to Putin, he seemed to have His previous insistence on a 30 -day truce and suggested that he be able to completely move away from negotiations to end the war he once promised on the “first day” of his second presidential term.
By moving independently from Washington, the European Union and the United Kingdom announced a new round of sanctions last week, targeting the so-called Russian “Shadow Fleet”-nearly 200 ships used to transport Russian oil exports worldwide.
The European Union said this is the seventeenth group of European sanctions imposed on Russia since its invasion in 2022.
In Washington, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio told the legislators that the administration will continue to pay a current bill that could impose a 500 % tariff on Russian oil and gas buyers if there is no progress in a peace deal.
But he added that Trump “believes that at the present time, it begins to threaten the sanctions, and the Russians will stop talking, and there is a value that we can speak and lead them to reach the table.”
While the bombs continue to decrease in Ukraine, Zelinski published in Telegram on Sunday that the third stage of the “1000 -1000” agreement was completed after two exchanges last week, with pictures of the soldiers returning in the Ukrainian flags.
The swap, the latest tens of stock exchanges since the war began and the largest involvement of Ukrainian civilians, has not indicated to the extent of fighting on a large scale. The battles continued along the front line, which is approximately 620 miles, killing tens of thousands of soldiers.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last week that Moscow will give Ukraine a document that defines its conditions for a “sustainable, long -term and comprehensive peace agreement”, as soon as the continuous exchange of prisoners has ended.
Trump congratulated the two sides after they concluded a prisoner exchange deal in Istanbul.
But after the biggest attack in Russia so far, Kiev is still cautious about pressing the mitigation.
“Without pressure, nothing will change and Russia and its allies will only build forces for such murder in Western countries,” said Andrei Yermak, Chief of Staff Zellinski.
“You will fight Moscow as long as it has the ability to produce weapons.”
