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President Trump said he could impose tariffs on nations that buy oil from Russia if it thwarts negotiations for a peace deal in Ukraine. He suggested the same step was possible for Iran.
Lawmakers had feared that a database on children taken by Russia was deleted when funding was stopped as part of President Trump’s foreign aid cuts.
On the day the report was released, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers that Moscow was a “formidable competitor.”
There is little appetite in Ukraine and Russia for major concessions, according to a U.S. firm’s analysis of online posts. But a minority of Russians want to keep fighting until Ukraine’s president is overthrown.
The Ukrainian president had appeared open to Russia’s offer of a partial cease-fire but deeply skeptical after President Trump spoke with President Vladimir V. Putin.
In a call with President Trump, President Vladimir V. Putin agreed to pause strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days if Ukraine does the same. That falls short of the unconditional cease-fire Ukraine had already agreed to.
Anger at Russia’s covert efforts, which included targeting undersea cables, warehouses and railways, has the potential to influence European reactions to the U.S.-led push for an end to the war.
In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.
President Trump’s special envoy met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last week to discuss a cease-fire proposal.
The decision is the latest indication of the Trump administration’s move away from holding President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accountable for crimes committed against Ukrainians.