The Kremlin has promised to “never” change its ongoing attack on Ukraine in response to Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose sanctions on Russia .

The US president has repeatedly vowed to end the Ukraine war, but has so far failed to make any significant progress towards peace.

Last week, Trump said he would get the war settled “or there’ll be hell to pay”.

On Sunday – after Russia launched its largest air attack of the war over the weekend – the president claimed he was ready to move to the second phase of sanctioning against Moscow.

While he did not elaborate on just what that might mean, he has previously suggested he might tighten sanctions against Russia’s cheap oil exports and has already penalised India for still buying its fuel.

The EU also suggested it was working

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