7 September 2025
The United States is prepared to cooperate with European countries to impose additional sanctions to drive Russia’s economy into “total collapse”, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said.
Source: Bessent on NBC News, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Bessent noted that the US is open to increasing pressure on Russia, but it needs its European partners to back it up.
Quote: “We are in a race now between how long can the Ukrainian military hold up, versus how long can the Russian economy hold up? And if the US and the [European Union] can come in, do more sanctions, secondary tariffs on the countries that buy Russian oil, the Russian economy will be in total collapse, and that will bring President Putin to the table.” [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]
Details: Bessent’s comments come just hours after Russia carried out an airstrike on Ukraine, involving a record number of drones and missiles since the start of the war, killing at least four people and damaging the Cabinet of Ministers (Ukrainian government) building in Kyiv.
Background: On Thursday 4 September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that during a conversation with US President Donald Trump, participants at the latest Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris discussed ways to end Russian aggression and ensure Ukraine’s security.
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That’s all fine and dandy, but we have taco on the one side of this great idea, and the less willing Europeans on the other. It would be fantastic to work together to destroy the mafia economy, but I won’t be holding my breath. I will bet on Ukraine’s running effort to do that.
The paperwork for all this has been on TACO’s desk for months. It’s not about working with Europe, it’s about growing a spine and cutting out the endless hot air. The Ukrainian military is doing fine with their own sanctions, they just need a little help in speeding them up.
We don’t just want total collapse of the orc economy, we want total humiliation of putler. mafia land have to be crushed so much that it will take 50 years for it to have the ability to raise an army.
It has to be multiple-pronged to succeed :
Graham-Blumenthal – activate IN FULL
Long range fires
Cluster munitions
More tanks, artillery, MLRS’s
More F16’s or equivalent
TOTAL ban on entry for putinaZis to North America, Europe, deportation of those there and seizure of cash and assets.
Do you know how many countries have broken diplomatic relations with putlerstan apart from Ukraine?
That’s right, fucking ZERO.
It’s a DISGRACE!
They all are keeping diplomatic relations with an organized crime syndicate and fascist dictatorship. This goes to show you what money can do.