"Nobody's going to buy Russian oil if that piece of legislation goes through. But it's not clear that that's the policy that's going to be implemented. Trump has been resisting."

The US third party sanctions package can only work if Trump doesn't water done the final policy, warns Sir Bill Browder, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Foundation

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Donald Trump appears to be preparing to sign new sanctions on Russian oil into US law, Michael Bociurkiw tells Frontline on #timesradio

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“Starovoit had a lot of connections... it was portably better to just silence Starovoit.”

Putin may have had a “very good reason to get rid of” Russian minister Roman Starovoit, but it has resulted in “unsettling and destabilising” consequences in Russia, says Russia expert Amy Knight.

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“The Ukrainians are more hardened to Russia right now, have more visceral hatred to Russians than they ever did in 2014.”

Putin’s bombardment of Ukraine fails as “air campaigns like this don’t work”, says retired US Army counterintelligence special agent David DeBatto.

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"We can see that Trump is getting frustrated with Putin. He understands that his high hopes of delivering a quick deal in Ukraine have just not been achieved."

Trump's growing frustration with Putin and pledge tio supply more weapons to Ukraine suggests he know Putin is in a weak position, says John Lough Head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre.

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"We are kind of breathing or breathing, rather thin air here. The Europeans have got to stop hoping that America will, step in and just get on and fill the gap."

Trump's failure to push Russia into serious ceasefire talks has left Putin emboldened and able to attack Europe warns Edward Lucas, Times Columnist and European security expert.

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“Just because you lose something, doesn’t mean you’ll get it back again.”

The Russians are failing to regain Luhansk, and even if they succeed, it does not “mark an inflection point in the campaign”, says George Barros, Russia team lead at The Institute for the Study of War.

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“The economy minister came out and said, ‘Look, the Central Bank has to do something here… because we are heading towards a recession.’”

Putin realises the Russian people are furious as Russia’s economy faces dire consequences, says Scott Lucas.

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