Reuters reported on Tuesday that Trump administration officials are discussing the likelihood that a peace deal to end the Ukraine war will not be reached within the next few months and are drafting plans to increase pressure on both Russia and Ukraine.
US officials told Reuters that neither a full ceasefire nor a lasting peace deal is imminent, meaning the war will drag on, and Ukraine will require more Western military support. The US continues to fuel the war by providing weapons and intelligence to Ukraine.
The report said the US was initially frustrated with Ukraine but is now unhappy with Russia’s unwillingness to accept US terms. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday that Moscow is taking the US proposals seriously but couldn’t accept them in their current form.
The US frustration with Russia has been reflected by President Trump, who recently said that he’s “pissed off” at Russian President Vladimir Putin and threatened to put “secondary tariffs” on Russian oil.
Amid the faltering negotiations, a group of 50 bipartisan senators introduced a bill to place a huge 500% tariff on any country that purchases Russian oil, gas, or uranium if peace talks fail. The bill includes additional sanctions and was introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal, two staunch supporters of the Ukraine proxy war.
“We are pleased to announce that we have received overwhelming bipartisan support for our primary and secondary sanctions legislation against Russia. The sanctions against Russia require tariffs on countries who purchase Russian oil, gas, uranium, and other products. They are hard hitting for a reason,” Graham and Blumenthal said in a statement.
The senators are only talking about import tariffs. Will President Trump also decide on export tariffs as sanctions?
Trump consults Lindsey Graham on how to achieve PEACE IN UKRAINE!? Don't worry folks. THE END IS NEAR.
US official don't want a Peace Deal… They want a stupid ceasefire and conning Russia to go for it has failed miserably…!
I notice that you avoid similar comments on Russia, thus propagandizing in partiality for the Russian, imperialist, brutally military policy.
Yes. It was always a capitulation deal.
If Trump wouldn't have resumed aid to Ukraine after a one week pause we'd have a deal by now.
Attention, nations of the world. You're seeing the true face of Emperor Don Genocide's America.
Join BRICS. Encourage and support BRICS in minting a common currency to replace the US dollar. Diversify your investments and trade policies to exclude as much US connection as possible. Find common ground and new markets with neighbouring countries. Encourage self-reliance and responsible, ethical trade practices.
Say No to Trump's Bully State (B.S.) of America.
Yes indeed, Trump has almost arrived at the point were Biden was a year ago. By the way, where have all the Trumpsplainers gone? How am I going to know the burning stupid really is part of a brilliant masterplan now?
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/germany/germany-troops-move-to-russian-border-in-lithuania-1st-time-post-wwii/
If the Russians took out the German Chancellor and the Bundestag rather than kill German soldiers, would the German people rave about Mr. Putin's tactics? The Germans will have to remove their trash without President Vladimir Putin's imprimatur. In some quarters, that's known as 'regime change.'
NATO has declared war on Russia, though the War Powers Act hasn't been invoked through either Biden's or Trump's diktats and Congressional approval.
You post an interesting internet link regarding the German military in NATO. However, you comment abstrusely, absurdly.
https://www.europeafrica.army.mil/ArticleViewPressRelease/Article/4139490/press-release-three-us-soldiers-found-deceased-after-m88a2-hercules-recovered/
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_234072.htm Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs 02. Apr. 2025
https://ac.nato.int/archive/2025-2/romania-f16-to-take-on-natos-air-policing-mission-in-lithuania-
https://www.bundeswehr.de/en/news/bundeswehr-lithuania
https://www.bundeswehr.de/en/news/general-huber-interview-5847438
https://www.bmvg.de/en/protection-of-nato-s-eastern-flank
https://www.bmvg.de/en/news/pistorius-visits-activation-staff-of-the-brigade-in-lithuania-5881562
https://kam.lt/en/lithuanias-membership-in-nato/
https://kam.lt/en/nato-air-policing-mission-in-the-baltic-states-will-be-continued-by-polish-and-romanian-air-capabilities/
https://nato.mfa.lt/en
https://www.urm.lt/en/lithuanias-security-policy/lithuanias-membership-in-the-north-atlantic-treaty-organization-nato/995
https://www.kariuomene.lt/en/our-allies/nato-multinational-battle-group/23570
https://jfcbs.nato.int/page5725819/nato-force-integration-units/nfiu-lithuania
You posted a comment without substantive critique.
You post an unrelated, off-topic and militarily inaccurate comment regarding the author's article. I am sending analytical information about your propagandistic, politically falsely indoctrinating comment. I suspect that you do not understand the brutal, misanthropic ideology of fascism.
I think his A.I. is malfunctioning. For some reason, he can’t answer a simple question.
You can't get a peace deal by going back to the original conditions causing the conflict. What we're seeing here is failure to understand the Russian position. Trump should be pissed off at himself, not Putin. Whether Putin's view that a new government is needed is realistic at least it should show Trump the basic problem. A ceasefire is no good without a peace deal with a legitimate government, elected by Ukrainians and operating via its constitution.
What's being revealed is Trump et al ignorance, which of course we suspected in the first place with all the talk about a 24 hour window to settle the problem. Trump's approach is settling back to the same as Biden's approach. An obvious sign of this is continuing to arm and support Zelensky. But the alternative—to admit a Ukraine defeat—is not politically feasible. Why didn't Trump realize this earlier? He was not well-informed? He's too dumb? He thought he could outsmart the Russians?
I suggest you apply to be an advisor to President Trump as a Putin apologist.