Starmer threatens Russia with new sanctions

Keir Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed his readiness to strengthen sanctions against Russia if Moscow does not take steps to resolve the conflict in Ukraine . Starmer's statement was published on the British government's website.

"We will increase the pressure on Russia's war machine by introducing even more sanctions that are already causing significant damage to its economy and population," the statement said.

Starmer also welcomed US President Donald Trump's efforts to resolve the conflict and said the next step should be negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov previously said the Russian economy continues to operate under "a huge number of sanctions" and has developed "a certain immunity" to them. Moscow considers Western sanctions illegal and has named their lifting as a condition for settling the conflict in Ukraine.

On August 15, Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks at the Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base in Anchorage, which lasted almost three hours. Following the talks, the leaders of the two countries made statements to the press. Both Putin and Trump reported on the progress achieved and positively assessed the talks. At the same time, the head of the White House reported that the parties had failed to reach a deal on Ukraine.

Following the summit, Trump held a telephone conversation with Zelensky, which was also attended by the leaders of several European countries, including Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. According to sources of Axios journalist Barak Ravid, the conversation lasted more than an hour and a half. Of this, Trump spoke for an hour with Zelensky himself, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's special envoy Steve were also on the line.Witkoff : The conversation "wasn't easy," the source said.

After this, Zelensky announced a meeting with Trump in Washington, which will take place on August 18.

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