US senators on Sunday also pushed for a bipartisan bill to impose tougher sanctions on Trump against Russia
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US President Donald Trump has become displeased with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after Moscow did not stop the attack on Ukraine despite continuous efforts for a ceasefire.
Because of this, Trump has indicated that he will impose new sanctions on Russia with the announcement that he will send the "Patriot Air Defense System" to Ukraine on Sunday.
"We're going to send the Patriot, which they desperately need," Trump said on Sunday, without specifying how many other weapons would be sent to Ukraine. "I haven't agreed on the numbers yet, but they need security," Trump told reporters after the FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey. Trump made the announcement Monday ahead of a diplomatic meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Washington. This week, after the American special envoy also visited Ukraine, Trump said that he would give weapons to Ukraine.
The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for three years. While efforts are being made for a ceasefire, the atmosphere of negotiations is deteriorating as the attacks on each other become more intense. The White House had earlier announced a freeze on arms deliveries to Kiev. But canceling his own announcement, Trump made a new deal. The new agreement stipulates that NATO will pay the US for some of the weapons that Washington sends to Kiev. "We're basically going to send them various sophisticated military equipment, and in return, NATO will pay us 100 percent," Trump said, "and it will be business for us."
In addition, Trump has recently been repeating that he is "disappointed" with Putin. "Putin has really surprised a lot of people, he talks sweetly all day and in the evening he bombs everyone," Trump said on Sunday, expressing his displeasure with Putin. Also last week, Trump accused Putin of talking "stupid" in Washington about the war with Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that Ukraine is 'close to concluding a multi-level deal on the new Patriot system and the missiles it will require.'
After returning to the White House for a second term in the presidency last January, Trump insisted that he could work with the Russian leader to end the war, halting sanctions imposed on Russia against the sentiments of European allies. But Russia has continued to attack, ignoring the cease-fire offered by Washington and Kiev. As a result, Trump finally signaled on Sunday that he is ready to tighten sanctions against Russia. In response to a journalist's question about whether he is going to announce any sanctions against Russia, Trump said, "What happens tomorrow, we will proceed accordingly."
On Sunday, US senators pushed for a bipartisan bill that would impose tougher sanctions on Trump to use against Russia. The sanctions bill would allow Trump to target "every country that supports Putin's economy and Putin's war machine," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told CBS News, adding that it would "give President Trump the ability to impose 500 percent tariffs on any country that supports Russia," Graham said. This could include economies that buy Russian goods, such as China, India or Brazil. He also said that President Trump has a sledgehammer weapon to end this war.
Ukraine's President Zelensky has also supported the "sledgehammer" ban that Trump can use and said in a post on X, "Undoubtedly, this proposed bill can actually be a suitable diplomatic initiative to maintain peace and everyone will benefit from it." Along with Graham, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is also scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary General Rutte on Monday night. Blumenthal will also discuss the legally difficult issue of opening frozen Russian assets in Europe and the United States for Ukraine's access, saying, "The five billion dollars that the United States has can be accessed and I think it's time to do it."
