War briefing in Ukraine: Trump sanctions the threat against Russian oil buyers could strike China, India | Ukraine

China and India could be affected if Donald Trump introduces 25 to 50% prices against countries that buy Russian oilAnalysts and those responsible have suggested. Dan Sabbagh reports that the American president told NBC that he would impose such measures in a month “if an agreement was not concluded, and if I think it was Russia’s fault” because he evacuated the frustration of the delaying tactic of Vladimir Putin and attempts to discredit Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian President.

Some countries, including China and India, do not participate in Russian oil anti-war sanctions. Sanctions or secondary prices which are directly imposed on them could limit more Putin access to petroleum income to finance the war. While not joining international sanctions against Russia, China has been wary to rape them In case it attracts secondary sanctions. Some Chinese banks, for example, have reduced relations with Russian companies for fear of being excluded from the international banking system.

UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo said that Target buyers – as Trump did with Venezuela oil – could affect China and India. “However, we must see what will be announced in the coming days.” India has passed China to become the largest Russian maritime oil buyerwhich represented approximately 35% of the total gross imports of India in 2024. There have been concerns since the start of the war that India was a “back door” for Russian oil exports.

William Reinsch, a former senior official of the US trade department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the Haphazard Way Trump announced and threatened prices The questions left unanswered, including the way in which US officials could trace and prove which countries bought Russian oil.

Trump also said on Sunday that the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was “Try to retreat from the rare earth agreement And if he does it, he has problems, big problems. ” Zelenskyy was opened to an agreement but prudent as for the termsWhile the Trump administration was at the same time, away from having it signed.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its forces had taken control Zaporizhzhia settling in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. The village is Unrelated to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plantwhich is in another region. The Russian complaint was reported by Reuters, who said he was unable to check it. The village is 7 km from the border with the central region of Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine. The Donetsk region Borde Dnipropetrovsk in the east.

The army of Ukraine said on Sunday that it Destroyed 65 out of 111 drones launched by Russia During a night attack. He added that 35 other drones were “lost to location” without causing damage – generally a reference to electronic jamming – but damage has been reported in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa and Donetsk regions.