We’re going to put sanctions,” the president said, even before a deadline he had given Russia this week to engage in cease-fire negotiations had passed.

His tighter deadline to reach peace with Ukraine and his threat against Russia’s energy customers contrast with a lighter approach to Russia elsewhere.

President Donald Trump said his foreign envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Russia in the coming days as the president calls for to an end to the conflict in Ukraine.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has called for stronger international sanctions on Russia after a deadly attack on Kyiv killed at least 31 people. Zelensky said five children - the youngest aged two - were among the dead and 159 people had been wounded in the assault on Thursday.

Kyiv is observing a day of mourning after a Russian drone and missile attack killed 31 people, including five children, and injured over 150

Russia unleashed a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv, killing at least six people, including a child, and wounding dozens more, local officials said on Thursday.