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 do "whatever it takes" to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to nan array for bid talks pinch Ukraine, including slapping Russia pinch further sanctions.

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

"Obviously, nan president feels for illustration we are making progress, but he's been disappointment astatine some sides, which he's made clear," Blair said. "He said complete nan play that nan Ukrainians should person signed nan woody pinch america weeks ago, and he wants them to hurry up and get that done. And Putin, [Trump] is very displeased pinch nan attacks connected civilian areas past week, and [Trump’s] put connected nan array expanding sanctions, secondary tariffs connected oil, immoderate it takes to make judge that they hurry up and get to nan array and create peace."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Putin has previously said that he agrees successful rule pinch a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal, though has truthful acold refused to judge a complete unconditional ceasefire.

Over nan weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to temper expectations for a awesome bid statement betwixt Ukraine and Russia, telling NBC’s "Meet nan Press" that while 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 nan Nation" successful a pre-recorded question and reply that aired Sunday that Russia won’t talk immoderate imaginable negotiations successful public, though emphasized that Russia is "always disposable for a dialogue."