Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former prime minister of Denmark, urged the Trump administration on Thursday to ramp up U.S. sanctions against Russia over its 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Rasmussen said the Kremlin has signaled through recent actions that it has no intent to withdraw from eastern Ukraine or to comply with the 2015 Minsk ceasefire agreement. He called on President Donald Trump to escalate sanctions against Moscow and to provide lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine in response to Russia’s ongoing military build-up in the country.
“There is no doubt that sanctions have prevented Russia from taking more land,” Rasmussen said during a …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
