Overview

• President Trump said he is ready to impose new punitive measures on Moscow and plans to speak with Vladimir Putin in the coming days.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged coordinated action with Europe, including secondary tariffs or sanctions on buyers of Russian oil to force economic pressure on the Kremlin.
• European Council President António Costa confirmed an EU delegation will travel to Washington to craft joint measures, with reporting indicating sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan may lead the team.
• The stepped-up push follows what reports describe as more than 800 Russian drones and missiles hitting Kyiv, striking government headquarters for the first time and killing civilians, including a child and a mother.
• U.S. officials have floated broader diplomatic moves, with reports of a possible Trump–Xi meeting at next month’s APEC summit in South Korea and prior U.S. use of secondary measures on India over Russian oil.