While Republicans praised President Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senate Democrats largely panned the confab, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle signaled a desire to impose stiff sanctions against Moscow if peace talks faltered.

The European Union's 19th package of sanctions against Russia is expected to be ready in September, top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas announced on Aug. 19, as the EU ramps up its pressure on Moscow in hopes that it will push Russia to end its war in Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must make concessions to reach a peace deal.

Several U.S. senators pushed for more sanctions aimed at hurting Russia in order to force a peace deal with Ukraine ahead of Monday’s meeting. “Monday’s Big Power meeting should resolve to shut the spigot of oil & gas revenues—sending Putin’s tottering economy spiraling down,

Russia has built a shadow network to help its businesses dodge Western sanctions, according to a new report that shines a light on the A7A5 token.

The British government said on Tuesday European leaders were weighing additional sanctions to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a broader push to put an end to the war in Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told ABC's "This Week" that the deadline for negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine is "as soon as possible" and imposing more sanctions on Russia would represent "walking away from any prospect of a negotiated settlement" and "probably just adding six,