Trump Didn't Impose Additional Sanctions on Russia. 'Knows a Little More'

- Donald Trump probably knows a little more about the nature of the situation than you or I do - said a US State Department spokeswoman, responding to a question about the leader's failure to impose additional sanctions on Russia. As she emphasized, in this case "his decision should not be questioned". In addition, she called Trump "the most powerful leader in the world".

As State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said, US President Donald Trump did not impose additional sanctions on Russia because "he knows the situation regarding talks with Russia better than I do or journalists." - Therefore, his decision should not be questioned - she emphasized.

"The most powerful leader in the world, Donald Trump, probably knows a little bit more about the nature of the situation than I do or you do. I think you have to agree that he may know more," Bruce said during a briefing Friday.

The Trump aide added that it was important to “not question the president and not speculate” on what he was doing in the peace process, while also appearing to undermine journalists’ suggestions that Russia had shown it was not interested in serious negotiations .

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On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia did not want a ceasefire because it would lose the "strategic advantage" it has on the battlefield.

In turn, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could occupy Sumy and repeated the claim that Ukrainians and Russians are one nation , so "in this sense Ukraine is ours."

Referring to these statements and to the escalation of Russia's bombing campaign against Ukrainian cities , Bruce said she would not negotiate through the press because "there are much more complicated things going on, different conversations, the culmination of many other negotiations."

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Trump himself, speaking about the talks on the war in Ukraine, stated that they had made "some progress". Commenting on the support for Ukraine from Republican senator Lindsey Graham - the author of the bill on new sanctions on Russia - he stated that "people have to be very careful with what they say".

"They have to be very careful with their mouths because their mouths can get them into big trouble," he said.