US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would impose new sanctions against Russia as well as taxes and tariffs on Russian products if a deal to end the war in Ukraine is not reached soon.
"If we don't make a 'deal,' and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries," Trump said.
Ukraine appointed Naftogaz chief executive Serhii Koretskyi as prime minister this past week in its biggest wartime cabinet reshuffle, testing whether reconstruction reforms that underpin billions of euros in international financing will stay on course. Koretskyi, confirmed as prime minister on 16 July, has sought to reassure international partners that
Ukraine is considering a rail corridor through Moldova to the Romanian port of Constanța as an alternative to Black Sea shipping, as Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports increasingly disrupt grain exports, Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources. Kyiv has asked Moldovan authorities for a 50% discount on the standard freight rate,
