US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated that the US and the EU will work together on sanctions that will eventually collapse Russia’s economy. Mr. Bessent has stated that the EU should also impose secondary sanctions and tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, as that would surely bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.
This implies that the EU should impose secondary sanctions on BRICS, which would in turn push Europe closer to the US. US President Donald Trump has responded to Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine, showing his disappointment and stated that he works on ending the war. He further added that certain European leaders will go to the White House at the beginning of the week and try to get the conflict settled. Zelensky has defined what victory mean for Ukraine.