The German Foreign Minister expects the United States to impose new sanctions on Russia.

On May 29, German Foreign Minister Waldevour said after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he was optimistic that Washington would impose new sanctions on Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to avoid a peace deal with Ukraine. "We have a common position on Ukraine," Wadfur said. "In the United States, more than 80 senators are ready to consider and pass a sanctions bill in Congress. It is not up to my interlocutor (Rubio) to decide, the decision is in the hands of the Senate. But he, like me, thinks that if Putin continues this attitude of refusal, he will act. President Trump had signaled to Ukraine and its European allies that the United States would impose new sanctions on Moscow if it did not agree to a ceasefire, but after a phone call with Putin last week, he appeared to have abandoned that position. At the same time, the European Union is preparing for the 18th round of sanctions against Russia.