US President Donald Trump is trying again to end the war in Ukraine – not by targeting Russia, but by hitting the countries that buy Russia’s oil.

Russia has responded to President Trump’s new hardline Ukraine strategy with a mix of public dismissal and covert military escalation. -While former president Dmitry Medvedev mocked the US threat of secondary tariffs as a “theatrical ultimatum,

The president also threatened new measures to increase economic pressure on Russia as he grows more frustrated with Putin.

Second, Mr Trump says he will give Russia 50 days to end the fighting or face economic punishment, with America imposing secondary tariffs on any country that buys Russian exports, mostly its oil. Finally,

Kremlin figure, President Donald Trump’s image is changing inside Russia. It comes after Trump vowed further sanctions on the country if a peace agreement with Ukraine is not reached in 50 days. CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent is on the ground in Moscow with the analysis.

Trump asked Ukraine's Zelensky earlier this month if he could strike Moscow and other Russian targets, the Financial Times reported.