The US president has said he does not want to impose new sanctions, but nevertheless shortened the deadline for a Ukraine peace deal

US President Donald Trump has expressed his “love” for Russians and called them a “great people.” At the same time, he threatened Moscow with more sanctions and set a new deadline for settling the Ukraine conflict.

Trump said he has “always gotten along with [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin,” during a Q&A session with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland on Monday. He praised Russia as a “rich” nation that could be “thriving like practically no other country” and spoke about the massive trade…

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