Peace process in the war of Ukraine has stalled yet again.
After much back-and-forth, today (22), US President Donald J. Trump confirmed what many already predicted: the upcoming meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin has been cancelled… for now.
Trump says meeting with Putin ‘CANCELED’
‘It just didn’t feel right to me’
BUT only for now: ‘we’ll do it in the future’ https://t.co/TORCvCzySb pic.twitter.com/4gTCDpNpAO
— RT (@RT_com) October 22, 2025
“When we canceled the meeting with President Putin, it didn’t feel right to me, it didn’t feel like we were going to get to the place we have to get, so I canceled it, but we’ll do it in the future.”
This move comes on the same day that the US imposed new sanctions on Russia, targeting two major oil companies.
❗️US announces NEW sanctions on Russia
2 MAJOR oil companies targeted: Rosneft and Lukoil
‘We encourage our allies to join us in and adhere to these sanctions’ https://t.co/EbVPdqbmRq pic.twitter.com/ARdYAgdHZv
— RT (@RT_com) October 22, 2025
Trump asked why new Russia sanctions now: ‘I just felt it was time’
On conflict: ‘I think we’ll get that done too’
Yes-man Rutte by his side: ‘absolutely. We have to’ https://t.co/vwNX1AXiZa pic.twitter.com/pTxfaWCa4A
— RT (@RT_com) October 22, 2025
But some developments de-escalate tensions: for instance, Trump announced that the US will NOT send Tomahawk missiles to Kiev.
The reason is well-known: Ukrainian troops can’t fire the missiles due to a lack of training.
And Trump made it clear that the US will NOT do that.
Trump says US WON’T be launching Tomahawks for Zelensky
Adds it takes a year to learn how to use them
So ‘the only way a Tomahawk is gonna be shot is if we shot it’
‘And we’re NOT gonna do that’ https://t.co/OhxBQzsolf pic.twitter.com/hadCePLOPo
— RT (@RT_com) October 22, 2025
This is a breaking story. Stay tuned for developments.
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