President Donald Trump threatened to impose “large -scale” sanctions against Russia after the country had a massive attack on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. In a position about the truth of the truth, President Trump said that he “strongly considers” sanctions and rates “until a cease -the fires and the definitive settlement agreement have been reached on peace.”
Director Kevin Hassett of the National Economic Council told reporters that Trump is ready to use carrots or sticks “to bring both Russia and Ukraine to the table. When he was asked by FOX News Channel Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich for more information about what can be punished” “Hassett said” “” “
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he “strongly is considering” imposing sanctions on Russia. (Truth Social)
In the night attack, Russia reportedly fired 67 missiles and 194 drones in an overnight attack that struck The energy and gas infrastructure of UkraineReuters reported, with reference to the Air Force of Ukraine. According to reports, at least 10 people were injured in the attack of Russia, including a child.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump, the Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zenskyy are depicted on a three-split photo. (Sputnik / Alexei Danichv / Pool via Reuters / Leah Millis / Alina Smutko)
“Russia continues its energy fear,” wrote the Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko on Facebook. “Again, energy and gas infrastructure in different regions of Ukraine has come under huge rocket and drone fire.”
Russia has been attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure several times during the three-year war. In April 2024, Russia destroyed one of the largest power plants in Ukraine, and in December 2024 Russia pierced the Power Grid of Ukraine.
President Trump also recorded a message to both Ukraine and Russia in his truth social post: “Now go to the table before it is too late.”
A view shows a site of an apartment building affected by a Russian rocket attack, in the midst of Russian attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 7, 2025. (Reuters/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy)
Friday’s attack seemed to be a reaction to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy who confirmed that his team would participate in peace talks with the US in Saudi Arabia next week. Although Zenskyy himself will not be at the meeting, his team will be with their American counterparts to end the war.
In his announcement of Ukraine’s participation in the conversations, Said Zenskyy His country is ‘the most interested in peace’. The issue of peace caused friction between Trump and Zenskyy, after the president said that his Ukrainian counterpart was “not ready for peace” after their oval office spuw.
VICE president JD Vance, right, speaks with the Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office in the White House, Friday, February 28, 2025, in Washington, DC (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)
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“He did not respond to the United States of America in his beloved Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for peace,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last week after the heated meeting.
However, things seemed to have been smoothed between the two leaders, where Trump read a letter from Zenskyy during his speech to a joint session of the congress. Trump said he appreciated Zenskyy’s letter and that he wants to see the end of the “wild conflict”.
Jacqui Heinrich from Fox News Channel has contributed to this report.
