Donald Trump can end Russia's war in Ukraine, something that his predecessor Joe Biden was unable to do, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.The Ukrainian president said he did not want to criticise anyone, “but President Biden was not able to end this war”.

Trump also revealed that Putin had recently offered to assist in mediating between Israel and Iran during their brief June conflict — an offer he declined. “I said, ‘No, no, you help me get a settlement with you, with Russia,’” Trump recounted. “And I think we're going to be doing that too.”

That included a Monday joint statement from Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal calling Trump’s threat of ramped-up economic penalties if Russia doesn’t cut a peace deal in next 50 days “a real executive hammer to drive the parties to the negotiating table.”

Armenia has signalled it could quit the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a security bloc seen as Moscow's version of NATO, after a peace treaty with Azerbaijan

Trump's threat against Russia runs parallel to a Senate-led effort to pass crippling sanctions on countries that buy Russian energy.

This week marked a possible pivot by President Donald Trump regarding Russia's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's recent statements, including a threat of sanctions on buyers of Russian exports, are serious and require analysis.

Trump makes major statement on Russia after announcing U.S. sending missiles to help Ukraine. Here's what to know and what he said about Putin

The clip —shared by Julia Davis, the creator of Russian Media Monitor—showed Trump taking a reporter's question on Tuesday in which he was asked about how he had expressed his unhappiness with Putin, who has repeatedly stalled on U.S. ceasefire proposals and stepped up drone attacks on Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump is trying again to end the war in Ukraine – not by targeting Russia, but by hitting the countries that buy Russia’s oil.

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