Bloomberg: Europe Tied New Sanctions Against Russia To The Result Of The Meeting In Istanbul
6- 13.05.2025, 9:13
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The Trump administration has already prepared options for increasing economic pressure on the Kremlin.
European leaders are going to wait for a likely meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Turkey before pushing Washington to tighten sanctions against Russia.
This is reported by Bloomberg.
Sources "familiar with the matter" told the Western publication about such "binding" of new sanctions restrictions against the aggressor country.
The Bloomberg interlocutors, on condition of anonymity, said that after conversations between U.S. and European officials on May 12, it became clear that Washington wanted to give an opportunity for talks between Russia and Ukraine, tentatively scheduled for May 15, before increasing pressure on Putin.
If the Russian dictator refuses to meet with Zelensky - or the Kremlin does not agree to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire during the talks in Istanbul - European leaders will call on U.S. President Donald Trump to follow through on his threat to impose sanctions on Russia.
The US State Department did not comment to Western media on such information.
US sanctions - waiting
According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration has already prepared options for him to increase economic pressure on Russia, and is waiting for a green light from the president.
In a social media post last week, Trump said that "the U.S. and its partners will impose additional sanctions" if a possible truce between Ukraine and Russia is not honored.
In the meantime, Bloomberg writes, over the past 48 hours "the Trump administration's next steps on its approach to Russia remained unclear."
Trump's sanctions maneuvers
Last Saturday, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany believed they had received agreement from Trump on sanctions pressure on Moscow, according to his statements on such restrictions and support for a plan for a 30-day cease-fire starting May 12. At issue are coordinated U.S. and European sanctions against Russia if Moscow continues to strike Ukraine.
At the same time, after Putin's de facto rejection of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine, Trump did not announce such a sanctions move. Instead, the American leader urged Zelensky to meet with the Kremlin chief in Turkey this week. The Ukrainian president agreed to this.
According to Bloomberg, European leaders did not expect such a stance from the White House chief, which the Ukrainian president nevertheless accepted.
European officials told Western reporters that during conversations between U.S. and European officials on May 12, the U.S. side "did not understand whether it was still prepared to impose sanctions on Russia if the attacks continued this week, or what it would do if Putin refused to meet with Zelensky and continued to attack Ukraine."
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