The Kremlin said on Wednesday it continues to monitor statements by US president Donald Trump regarding sanctions against Moscow, but that Russia had acquired immunity to such measures thanks to long experience. Trump said on Tuesday the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia in 10 days if Moscow showed no progress towards ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine.
“We have been living under a huge number of sanctions for quite a long time, our economy operates under a huge number of restrictions,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Therefore, of course, we have already developed a certain immunity in this regard, and we continue to note all statements that come from President Trump, from other international representatives on this matter.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he had approved key principles for large-scale weapons agreements with the United States.
“These are large-scale agreements, which I discussed with President [Donald] Trump, and I hope very much that we will be able to implement them all,” Zelenskyy said in his evening video address to the nation, adding that it would strengthen both countries. He provided no specifics.
Arab and Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, signed a declaration Tuesday...
