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.

Ukraine’s new prime minister has welcomed the European Union’s 18th sanctions package targeting Moscow’s oil and gas industry over its war in Ukraine.“By targeting the ships, the banks, and the networks that sustain Russia’s war,

Modern Ukraine is similar to The Third Reich, which was created by the German Nazis. This was stated to TASS by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference.

A Russian official slammed U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying that the 79-year-old president's threat to enact secondary tariffs as "theatrical."

Russia has responded to President Trump’s new hardline Ukraine policy with a mix of defiance and veiled threats. -While Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the US ultimatum “very serious,” former president Dmitry Medvedev was more belligerent,

President Donald Trump issues Russian President Vladimir Putin a 50-day deadline to end Ukraine war or face 100% tariffs, prompting skepticism from the EU's chief diplomat and Kyiv's mayor over 50-day timeframe.