US's Stance on Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Related Agreements

On April 7 local time, the US President stated that he was "unhappy" about Russia's continuous attacks on Ukraine as the US was trying to facilitate an end to the conflict between the two countries.

The US President said that US officials were meeting with Russia and Ukraine and claimed that they were "getting closer", but he didn't say whether it meant getting closer to a cease - fire.

Due to the lack of progress in matters such as a cease - fire between Russia and Ukraine, on March 30, the US President "complained" about Russia and threatened to impose "secondary tariffs" on Russian oil exports. In response, on March 31, the press secretary of the Russian President said that media reports about "the US President being very angry with the Russian President" were re - interpretations rather than "direct quotations".

The Russian and US delegations held talks in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on March 24. According to a communique released by the Russian Kremlin website on March 25, the main results of the talks included five items, one of which was that Russia and the US agreed to formulate measures to stop attacks on energy facilities in Russia and Ukraine. Later on March 25, the Kremlin released a list of energy facilities in Russia and Ukraine that the two sides agreed to stop attacking, with a note stating that the suspension of attacks took effect on March 18, was valid for 30 days, and could be extended through mutual consultation. If one side violated the agreement, the other side had the right not to abide by it. In March, Ukraine also stated that it agreed to suspend attacks on Russian energy facilities. However, recently, both Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of violating the agreement.