US President Donald Trump can make sanctions against Russia after the second round of negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, which will be held in Istanbul on June 2. report Atlantic Magazine.
Although in recent days, Trump has discussed with assistants about the ability to apply new sanctions to Russia, he hopes what will happen at a meeting of representatives of Ukraine and Russia in the second round of negotiations in Istanbul next week, the publication said.
One of Trump's advisers told the publication that the President was very angry because of the lack of significant progress in the negotiations, but still hoped to reach an agreement between the parties involved in the conflict. At the same time, he confirmed that the US leader could actually stay away from Ukraine's settlements and allow the National Assembly to impose sanctions if the second consultation round in Istanbul would not bring results.
Earlier, the White House spokesman, Karoline Levitt expressed his hope that Russian and Ukraine delegations would really hold a new round of negotiations in Istanbul on June 2. She added that the United States would notify if Trump decided to send his representative to the upcoming meeting.