Washington, April 26: United States President Donald Trump on Saturday expressed more frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over recent airstrikes on Ukraine and threatened to deal "differently" with Moscow and use "banking" and "secondary" sanctions. The American President, who has touted personal ties with his Russian counterpart as his key to ending the Russia-Ukraine war, wondered if President Putin was 슬롯사이트œtapping me along슬롯사이트�, another phrase for stringing someone along or pretending to do something without actually meaning it.

This criticism of the Russian President comes just days after the American President called out to him in a post on Truth Social to stop bombing Ukraine. "Vladimir, Stop", he wrote, which was widely taken as a rebuke of President Putin. 슬롯사이트œThere was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days," President Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to recent sir strikes on Kyiv. "It makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, he's just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through 슬롯사이트˜Banking슬롯사이트� or 슬롯사이트˜Secondary Sanctions슬롯사이트�? Too many people are dying!!!" 슬롯사이트˜Putin Doesn슬롯사이트™t Want to Stop the War슬롯사이트�: Donald Trump Expresses Doubts Vladimir Putin Is Willing to End Ukraine War, Day After Saying Deal Was Close.

This post came shortly after President Trump슬롯사이트™s meeting with Ukraine슬롯사이트™s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican before Pope Francis슬롯사이트™s funeral, on Saturday. No details were made available of their discussion. A White House spokesperson described the meeting as 슬롯사이트œvery productive슬롯사이트�.

슬롯사이트œGood meeting. One-on-one, we managed to discuss a lot. We hope for a result from all the things that were spoken about,슬롯사이트� President Zelensky wrote in a social media post. He wrote further that they discussed the 슬롯사이트œprotection of the lives of our people. A complete and unconditional ceasefire. A reliable and lasting peace that will prevent a recurrence of war슬롯사이트�. 'Meeting Has Potential to Become Historic', Says Volodymyr Zelensky After Holding Talks With Donald Trump in Rome Ahead of Pope Francis슬롯사이트� Funeral.

He added: 슬롯사이트œIt was a very symbolic meeting that has the potential to become historic if we achieve joint results. Thank you, President Donald Trump!슬롯사이트� Steve Witkoff, who is the Special Envoy for President Trump, met with President Putin in Moscow on Friday.

 

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