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Donald Trump has issued a fresh warning to Vladimir Putin, telling the Russian president he will "respond differently" if he does not engage seriously with peace talks

The U.S. president lashed out at the Kremlin on Tuesday as the White House continued to consider increasing sanctions against Russia.

US President Donald Trump has indicated that his patience with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is running out, but he has not yet decided on his next steps. Source: Politico Details: Trump said that Putin is "playing with fire" by refusing to engage in serious peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.

When President Donald Trump spoke last week by telephone with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader committed to drafting and sending what he described as a “memorandum of peace” in the coming days laying out Russian requirements for a ceasefire with Ukraine,

The Kremlin shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump's public criticism of Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a case of "emotional overstrain." Spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comments after Trump said on Truth Social on Sunday that Putin had gone "absolutely CRAZY!

US President Donald Trump stated that in two weeks, he will know whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to deceive him about ending the war, he made this statement while speaking with journalists at the White House.

Donald Trump’s angry denunciations about the Russia leader, whom he suggested had gone “crazy” and was “playing with fire”, was an “emotional” reaction, said Lavrov. “This is a very crucial moment, which is associated of course with the emotional overload of everyone absolutely,