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Trump Sends Envoy to Moscow, Threatens Tariffs on India Ahead of Ukraine Cease-Fire Deadline

The mission underlines a White House strategy that uses diplomacy alongside economic coercion to force a Russian cease-fire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with the head of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region Denis Pushilin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025.
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FILE - Swiss federal president Karin Keller-Sutter attends the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs and Central Bank Governors in Warsaw, Poland, on April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
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Overview

  • President Donald Trump has set an August 8 deadline for Russia to agree to a truce or face sanctions on its oil exports.
  • Special envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to travel to Moscow on August 6 or 7 to negotiate a Ukraine cease-fire.
  • The administration plans secondary tariffs targeting major buyers of Russian oil, with India and China likely to be hit.
  • India’s Foreign Ministry and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov have publicly challenged the U.S. tariff threats as unjustified and illegal.
  • The White House has repositioned nuclear-capable submarines closer to Russia as a show of military pressure alongside economic measures.