White House reveals possible penalties on Putin amid peace push: ‘Whatever it takes’

The White House connected Monday greeting revealed that President Donald Trump wants to bash "whatever it takes" to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the array for bid talks with Ukraine, including slapping Russia with further sanctions.

White House lawman main of unit James Blair joined "Fox & Friends" to sermon the latest connected the Trump administration's effort to broker bid betwixt Russia and Ukraine, including the vexation that Trump is having with some sides. 

"Obviously, the president feels similar we are making progress, but he's been frustrated astatine some sides, which he's made clear," Blair said. "He said implicit the play that the Ukrainians should person signed the woody with america weeks ago, and helium wants them to hurry up and get that done. And Putin, [Trump] is precise displeased with the attacks connected civilian areas past week, and [Trump’s] enactment connected the array expanding sanctions, secondary tariffs connected oil, immoderate it takes to marque definite that they hurry up and get to the array and make peace."

Russia launched a deadly rocket onslaught connected Kyiv that killed astatine slightest 12 radical and injured astatine slightest 90, including children, connected April 24.

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Putin has truthful acold refused to judge a implicit unconditional ceasefire. (Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo, File)

When asked whether Trump was aggravated astatine the thought that Putin whitethorn beryllium stringing him along, Blair pointed to a connection the president posted connected his TRUTH Social level connected Saturday. 

"Well, look, helium enactment retired a statement, I think, 2 days agone connected his TRUTH [Social account], wherever helium said helium does not privation to beryllium tapped along, helium won't judge it." Blair said. "He's displeased, again, with the attacks connected civilian areas, and the president said it makes him consciousness similar possibly helium doesn't privation bid arsenic severely arsenic helium says helium does. And the president's not going to basal for that. If that means expanding sanctions, he's evidently enactment that connected the table."

Trump is trying to broker a bid woody betwixt Russia and Ukraine. (Reuters/Leah Millis, File)

Blair spoke to Fox News astir 1 hr earlier the Kremlin announced a three-day ceasefire with Ukraine from May 8 to May 10 to people the 80th day of the Soviet Union’s triumph implicit Nazi Germany during World War II. Kyiv did not instantly respond to the announcement.

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Putin has previously said that helium agrees successful rule with a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal, though has truthful acold refused to judge a implicit unconditional ceasefire.

Over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to temper expectations for a large bid statement betwixt Ukraine and Russia, telling NBC’s "Meet the Press" that portion advancement has been made, a woody is "still not there."

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Rubio’s Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, told CBS’ "Face the Nation" successful a pre-recorded interrogation that aired Sunday that Russia won’t sermon immoderate imaginable negotiations successful public, though emphasized that Russia is "always disposable for a dialogue."