US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would not hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin unless the Russian leader showed genuine intent to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

“I'm going to have to know that we're going to make a deal. I'm not going to be wasting my time,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he headed to Asia.

On Wednesday, the United States slapped sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, saying that the talks with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine war don't go anywhere.

Day after slapping sanctions on two major Russian oil companies , teh Trump administration is now planning additional sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin prolongs the war on Ukraine.

A US official said the new sanctions on Russia are designed to target critical secto

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