The Trump administration has prepared a new set of sanctions targeting critical areas of Russia’s economy, signaling Washington’s readiness to escalate pressure if President Vladimir Putin continues to delay ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine, reported citing a US official and another person familiar with the matter.

US officials have also conveyed to European counterparts that Washington supports the European Union’s proposal to use frozen Russian assets to purchase American-made weapons for Kyiv. Within the US government, early discussions are underway about potentially leveraging Russian assets held domestically to fund Ukraine’s war effort, the report added. Advertisement

While it remains unclear whether the administration will move ahead with these measures immediately, officials say

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