President Donald Trump had a new set of options prepared by White House advisers to increase leverage against Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war with Ukraine. Bloomberg reported that unnamed sources close to the issue have said the new U.S. options are economic.

Due to the ongoing negotiations involving Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S., Trump was withholding a decision on what course of action to take, presumably until it became clear that more pressure was needed, according to the report.

Ukraine and European allies have been looking to the Trump administration to do something more than what has been attempted to date to bring Russia to the point of a final peace agreement. The European Union, along with the U.S., has imposed economic sanctions on Russia, but the fighting continues.

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