Russia’s top officials now call Trump’s actions “unfriendly,” and Washington an “adversary” of the Russian Federation. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 23 that Trump imposed the sanctions to pressure Russia,

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday the country no longer would have to worry about “meaningless” peace negotiations with President Trump, a day after the Treasury Department announced sanctions against two Russian oil companies.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw a test of Russia's nuclear forces on land, sea and air to rehearse their readiness and command structure.

Ukraine's president and European leaders are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling on peace efforts in Ukraine.

After he was briefed on what the senior official described as a “productive” call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday, Trump essentially pressed pause — believing both sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict were not ready to seriously talk peace, the official said.

After Thursday’s phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, President Trump appeared to express doubts about supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would never bow to pressure from the United States or any other country, and cautioned that the response to any strikes deep into Russia would be very serious and overwhelming.

The U.S. president was given three options for sanctions after running out of patience with the Kremlin over the Ukraine war.