- By Nidhi Giri
- Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:29 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
United States President Donald Trump slapped huge sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an effort to pressure the Kremlin to end its war in Ukraine. Trump concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin had not been "honest and forthright" in negotiations over Ukraine.
The sanctions, which were announced on Wednesday (local time), come after months of stalled diplomacy and growing frustration with Putin's actions.
"Today is a very big day. Look, these are tremendous sanctions. These are very big. Those are against their two big oil companies... We hope that the war will be settled. We just answered questions related to the various forms of missiles and everything else we're examining. However, we don't think that will be necessary. We would like to see them just take the line that has been formed over quite a long period of time and go home," President Trump said during an interaction with journalists at the White House, while hosting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, as per news agency ANI.
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This came shortly after the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on the Russian oil firms.Trump further said that almost 8,000 soldiers were killed in the Russia-Ukraine war, calling it "ridiculous".
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"Last week, they had almost 8,000 soldiers killed. Many Russians and Ukrainians were killed last week. We think it's ridiculous, and we'd like it to end... I think they both want peace at this point. It's almost four years... If I were president, it never would have started," added Trump.
(With Agency Inputs)