Reuters: Ukraine says Russian sanctions must stay, rejects talk of Trump deal
Ukraine’s president said on Tuesday world powers should keep sanctions on Russia, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to consider reducing the penalties if Moscow proved a useful ally.
Petro Poroshenko told reporters that sanctions remained the only way to keep Russia at the negotiating table over the crisis in eastern Ukraine, that Western powers say has been fueled by Moscow.
The United States, the European Union and others imposed sanctions on Russia in 2014 over its annexation of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine and its support for pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine’s east.
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WNU Editor: Expect a clash between the Trump administration And Ukraine President Poroshenko on how to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine and Russia in the months to come.
