The US will not enter into any bilateral agreements with Russia or ease sanctions until a ceasefire is achieved in Ukraine, states US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce. “There would be no negotiations,

The European Union may once again start importing Russian gas as the bloc becomes increasingly dependent on U.S. energy exports. However, the trade war initiated by Donald Trump — along with his unpredictable stance toward Europe — is putting the future stability of gas supplies at risk.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he had visited the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday and declared NATO's support for Ukraine was unwavering. Rutte's visit was a show of solidarity with Kyiv following a Russian missile strike on the northern city of Sumy on Sunday that killed 35 people and wounded more than 100.