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Trump Waives Russia Sanctions, Zelenskiy Warns It Rewards Moscow’s Attacks on Ukraine

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Trump suspended new sanctions under the Lindsey Graham Act, citing national interest. Zelensky said the waiver rewards Putin and warned Kyiv about renewed aggression.

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Trump Waives Russia Sanctions, Zelenskiy Warns It Rewards Moscow’s Attacks on Ukraine
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Sanctions Waived, Tensions Rise

President Donald Trump signed an executive order waiving newly-passed U.S. sanctions and tariffs on Russia days before they were due to take into effect, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned the move would encourage Moscow to continue its attacks on Ukraine.

Zelenskiy wrote on X, “It seems to me that reversing all this, and obstructing all of it, is a wrong decision. It certainly helps only the Russians,” and he added that Russia “only feeds their satisfaction and desire to continue killing people. This certainly will not stop the war.”

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Kirill Dmitriyev, a Russian investment envoy, described Trump’s exemption as coming at a “truly historic moment,” writing on X that sanctions, if implemented, could have “actually halted all economic cooperation between Russia and the United States.”

Marco Rubio said on Saturday that freezing the sanctions aims to provide a 60-day window to assess the impact on the global economy, adding, “The president wants to use this time (60 days) to analyze what imposing the sanctions and tariffs could mean for the global economy.”

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Zelensky, Trump Trade Barbs

Zelenskiy told reporters at an EU summit in Brussels that “We want to end this war as (quickly) as possible,” and he said Ukraine did not see “signals from (the) Russian side that they are ready for this, to end this war.”

Zelenskiy also said the Starshield speed restrictions were “a dangerous and unpleasant surprise,” and he told a news conference, “Have they returned to previous speed limits? No. But is it coming back? Yes,” as he linked the issue to Ukraine’s drone operations and military communications.

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Trump publicly criticized Zelenskiy in an interview with Newsmax, saying, “Zelensky is not a good guy for us to deal with,” and Zelenskiy responded by thanking the 27-nation bloc for support from what he said were “real leaders.”

Zelenskiy slammed Trump’s diesel deal with Russia, which happened despite an international effort to sanction Russia and diplomatically isolate Putin, and Zelenskiy said, “There are so many people with good hearts in America who sincerely want evil to lose and Ukraine to stand strong.”

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Winter Stakes and Congress

Ukraine’s officials said Russian attacks on nine regions knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of households and wounded at least 15 people, and those strikes came as Zelenskiy warned Ukraine must prepare for winter.

Zelenskiy said Russia was stockpiling ballistic missiles for more attacks, and he told EU leaders that the war will cost Ukraine 155 billion euros next year while he said his country would need at least 70 billion euros from Europe.

In Washington, Sen. Thom Tillis said Trump’s move was “Beyond irresponsible,” and he asked what part of enforcing a law passed 86-11 by the Senate the administration did not understand.

Kirill Dmitriev celebrated the waiver as a “historic moment,” while AP reported that Congress had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of support for Ukraine and that no quick counter was seen as House and Senate were on recess until after Election Day.

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