Overview

• In a UN General Assembly address, President Donald Trump said the United States is ready to impose a "very tough round of powerful tariffs" on Russia if it refuses a ceasefire in Ukraine.
• He urged European governments to adopt identical measures and to stop buying Russian oil and gas, arguing those purchases finance the war.
• Trump publicly labeled China and India the main sponsors of Russia’s war because of their continued energy imports from Moscow.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is acting as a mediator between Kyiv and Moscow and cautioned that new sanctions now could weaken that role and prolong the conflict.
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres avoided explicitly naming Russia as the aggressor in his opening remarks, and a Trump–Zelensky meeting on the Assembly’s sidelines was scheduled.