On January 22, Wednesday, according to a report by the dpa news agency, US President Donald Trump said he would "very likely" impose new sanctions against Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to negotiate on ending the war in Ukraine. he said.
The White House leader emphasized his readiness to meet with the Russian leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "whenever they want" during a press conference held on Tuesday. Trump also once again cast doubt on the official number of war victims in Ukraine. According to him, the war has already claimed the lives of "millions of people". Thus, according to the American president's assessment, Moscow's losses are approximately 800,000 people, while Kyiv's are 600-700,000 people.
Trump also criticized the United States for bearing a disproportionately high financial burden in assisting Ukraine compared to other NATO countries and called on alliance partners to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. "This is not about us, it's about them. There's an ocean between us, isn't there? It's called the ocean," he said.
