{"id":1259686,"date":"2025-07-13T21:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/turning-point-in-the-war-us-prepares-sanctions-hammer-against-putin-s-allies-and-freezes-russian-assets\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T21:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:19:43","slug":"turning-point-in-the-war-us-prepares-sanctions-hammer-against-putin-s-allies-and-freezes-russian-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/turning-point-in-the-war-us-prepares-sanctions-hammer-against-putin-s-allies-and-freezes-russian-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning point in the war: US prepares \u201csanctions hammer\u201d against Putin\u2019s allies and freezes Russian assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is approaching a critical point: for six months, US President Donald Trump has left the door open for talks with Vladimir Putin, but to no avail. Now the US is preparing a “sanctions hammer” – a package of tough economic measures that should cut off the financing of the war and force the Kremlin’s allies to make a choice: support Russia or access to the American economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by CBS News<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Senators Lindsey Graham (Republican) and Richard Blumenthal (Democrat) announced the rapid adoption of a unique package of sanctions against Russia and its allies.<\/p>\n

“President Trump has been trying to engage Putin in peace talks for months. He’s been leaving the door open. But that door is about to close,” said Senator Graham.<\/p>\n

The package, which has already been supported by 85 senators, envisages the possibility of imposing tariffs of up to 500%<\/strong> on countries that support the Russian economy, including China, India and Brazil. These countries actively buy Russian oil and goods, providing financing for the war.<\/p>\n

Sanctions will give President Trump maximum authority \u2014 from zero to a stiff tariff \u2014 and the ability to quickly punish those who support Putin’s war machine.<\/p>\n

More than $300 billion in Russian assets<\/strong> abroad could become a source of funding for Ukraine’s defense. The United States already has a plan to use $5 billion, and European leaders are developing a mechanism to transfer both the principal and interest on these assets to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“Putin is a bandit. Only force can stop him. And that moment has come,” Blumenthal said.<\/p>\n

US intelligence predicts significant territorial losses for Ukraine in 2026 if additional supplies of artillery and drones are not provided. Graham hinted that a historic amount of military aid is expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n

“The game is changing. We are seeing a turning point. The next few days will be crucial,” he said.<\/p>\n

Graham said that Putin underestimated the West’s resilience and tried to “play” Trump. But in return he will receive the harshest response.<\/p>\n

“China, India, and Brazil \u2014 you are in for major economic losses if you don’t stop supporting Putin,” the senator added.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Blumenthal warned about the dangers of Russia’s military cooperation with North Korea and Iran. The supply of missile technology to Pyongyang is already a reality that increases the nuclear threat.<\/p>\n

By the way, the Ukrainian authorities are skeptical about the “important statement” promised by US President Donald Trump regarding Russia<\/a> , which is due to be made on July 14. Kyiv does not believe that Washington’s new position will change the course of the war – on the contrary, they expect softer rhetoric towards the Kremlin, despite the increasing intensity of Russian attacks.<\/p>\n

Recall that US President Donald Trump plans to send military aid to Ukraine for the first time since his return to the White House<\/a> . This decision will be implemented through the so-called presidential powers to reduce arms stocks, which were previously actively used by Joe Biden. The preliminary cost of the package may reach about $ 300 million.<\/p>\n

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is approaching a critical point: for six months, US President Donald Trump has left the door open for talks with Vladimir Putin, but to no avail. Now the US is preparing a “sanctions hammer” – a package of tough economic measures that should cut off the financing of the war and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1255713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76874,76871],"class_list":["post-1259686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-war","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1255713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}