The Trump administration has readied additional sanctions aimed at key sectors of Russia’s economy if President Vladimir Putin continues to prolong the war in Ukraine , according to a U.S. official and another source familiar with the plans.

U.S. officials have also told European counterparts that they support the EU using frozen Russian assets to buy U.S. weapons for Kyiv, and Washington has held nascent internal conversations about leveraging Russian assets held in the U.S. to support Ukraine’s war effort, two U.S. officials said.

While it is not clear whether Washington will actually carry out any of those moves in the immediate term, it shows there is a well-developed toolkit within the administration to up the ante further after Trump imposed sanctions on Russia on Wednesday for

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