"Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine."
Just squeezing Putin to force him to make a deal. He couldn’t care less about Ukraine, only himself.
Same as always. But this could help Ukraine (and the Russian people, long-term).