While Trump's new Russia policy announcement was welcomed by and large, there are still challenges ahead that will require more from America.

The European Union is slapping Russia with its “strongest ever” 18th sanctions package targeting Moscow’s oil and gas industry, over its war in Ukraine, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced today.

Russian officials and commentators have shown little indication that Moscow is about to change course under new pressure.

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.

Donald Trump’s remarks on Ukraine on Monday were far from the biggest announcement the US president could have made.

Trump’s threat isn’t just non-credible – the positive market reaction in Russia suggests it is a gift for Moscow. The 50-day ultimatum is seen not as a deadline but as a reprieve, meaning nearly two months of guaranteed inaction from the US.

The president wants the public to believe that Putin “didn’t fool” him, but Trump’s recent record is in the way of his absurd talking point.

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

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washington's new sanctions ultimatum.